Quotation
“It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.”
Robert E. Lee
The idea behind the quotation
War’s terrible nature is a necessary warning: if it were not so awful, people might become dangerously attracted to it.
“It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.”
War’s terrible nature is a necessary warning: if it were not so awful, people might become dangerously attracted to it.