War..

 

I have seen war. 

I have seen war on land and sea. 

I have seen blood running from the wounded. 

I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. 

I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. 

I have seen 200 limping, exhausted men come out of line—the survivors of a regiment of 1,000 that went forward 48 hours before. 

I have seen children starving. 

I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. 

I hate war.

Franklin D. Roosevelt