“People should be changed by world wars," I said, "else what are world wars for?”

“Bit by bit [the Second World War] really changed my view of what people were capable of, and therefore what human nature was.”

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”

“Why are there wars in the world? Why is there this constant international tension? What is the matter with the world? Why war and all the unhappiness and turmoil and discord amongst men? According to this Beatitude, there is only one answer to these questions-sin. Nothing else; just sin.”

“Wars come and wars go,' he said. 'Things change, but the carousel is always here. It reminds people of the good times.”

“One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'.”