“NEVER TAKE A HERO TO WAR-COME HOME WITH ONE”

“When the moment comes, will you take your chance to be a hero?”

“There is no morality in war', they said, 'but cannibals never killed more in one day that they could eat. In your wars, thousands are killed in a few minutes. Perhaps it might be worth suggesting to you leaders that both parties in your war agree to five minutes of combat. Then let all the parents come to the battlefield and collect the pieces and parts of their children, take them home and mourn and bury them. After that is over, another five minutes of battle might or might not be agreed upon. It is difficult to make sense out of senselessness.”

“If we take a small step in extolling peacemakers as much as honoring war heroes, we will be making a giant leap towards peace.”

“There is no such thing as a “war hero”, because there is nothing about war that is heroic.”

“Betsy. The great war is on but I hope ours is over. Please come home. Joe.”