American civil war Quote by William Tecumseh Sherman

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.

— Robert E. Lee

It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.

— Robert E. Lee

It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.

— Robert E. Lee

War is devastating, and it leaves its scars for generations.

— James Blunt

I guess every generation is doomed to fight its war...suffer the loss of the same old illusions, and learn the same old lessons on…

— Philip Caputo

Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.

— Walter Dean Myers

It's a good thing war is so terrible or else we'd get to liking it too much.

— Charles Frazier

Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.

— James Madison

After a big war a nation doesn't want another for a generation or more.

— Edward Grey

Never think that war is a good thing, grandchildren. Though it may be necessary at times to defend our people, war is a sickness…

— Joseph Bruchac

It seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in…

— John Knowles

I think most generations tend to learn the lesson of war the hard way. There is a deep attraction to the empowerment. Freud is…

— Chris Hedges