"War makes good men better and bad men worse." - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
I like this quote and this man. Partially out of the fact that he is portrayed so nobly by Jeff Daniels in Gettysburg and Gods and Generals. Also, because he was a professor of rhetoric, a thinking man in a campaign. His observations and accounts of his days in the field are insightful and descriptive. War fascinates the hearts of many young men, it is romanticized in our legends, warriors of old are revered and honored. It is almost always the past conflicts that people raise their glasses towards, remembering those who have fallen on the field of battle.
"War will make corpses of us all." - Faramir, Return of the King (Peter Jackson)
"It is well that War is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it." - Robert E. Lee
We long to do something to be remembered, but war is not the arena to do so. Too many lives are lost in the pursuit of glory. Few things are worth the fight to claim them, and I hope we do not seek conflict, hold grudges, or seek revenge. There are more deaths in conflicts than merely upon a battlefield, some rot from hate and malice that burn larger holes than any bullet could ever cause.
Lay your weapons down, there are no enemies in front of you." - Jars of Clay (Weapons; Long Fall Back to Earth.).
Forgive and turn the other cheek. Grace comes to all of us from the Father, and we should have the strength of character to die for his name, without needing to strike a blow of offense.
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