But now, for the first time, I see you are a man like me. I thought of your hand-grenades, of your bayonet, of your rifle; now I see your wife and your face and our fellowship. Forgive me, comrade. We always see it too late. Why do they never tell us that you are poor devils like us, that your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and that we have the same fear of death, and the same dying and the same agony--Forgive me, comrade; how could you be my enemy?
"the two most important words in the language are 'war' and 'justice.' And they're not a great deal different from each other...." ~ Sgt. Sam Zodiak
freedom is as “different from a furlough as a war is from maneuvers”
"war is the soldier's freedom"
"It is easier to take a country into war than to bring it to live at peace, and a country at war is a bitter place to live, a risky place to have daughters, and a dangerous place to hope for a son." ~ Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen