- We do not fear war, because it provides less suffering than does peace. Why is this? Simply because peace inevitably becomes tiresome and boring, and makes us feel insufficient and vulnerable. War, on the other hand, arouses feelings of confidence and power - it reinvigorates.
- It is said that teenagers can readily adapt to war because they are too young to comprehend their own death. More accurately, they cannot comprehend their own life. They have not yet developed hopes and goals for the future, and therefore have nothing to lose.
- Some say war memorials are a glorification of war. Well, they are certainly a means for emotional gratification, precisely the value of war itself!