"The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility."
— War

January 1, 1970

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Attributed to Lord Fisher during the great War. Taken from Macaulay's Essay on Lord Nugent's Memorials of Hampden. Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 841-60