“It is magnificent, but it is not war; it is madness.”

“The human brain is evolution’s most magnificent disaster, a beautiful and glorious cesspool of brilliant analytical powers, infinite creativity, and pure madness.”

“(Lola): Only mad men and cowards refuse to go to the war, when their homeland is in danger! - (Bardamu): So, hurrah for the mad men and the cowards!”

“Let us be separated by wars and pestilence, death, madness but not by the passing of time.”

“At the height of their madness
The night winds pause,
Recollecting themselves;
But no lull in these wars.”

“It is madness for any country to build its policy with an eye to nuclear war.”

“Outside the hospital the war was still going on. Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.”

“To say that war is madness is like saying that sex is madness: true enough, from the standpoint of a stateless eunuch, but merely a provocative epigram for those who must make their arrangements in the world as given.”

“Every war already carries within it the war that will answer it. Every war is answered by a new war, until everything is smashed. That is why I am so wholeheartedly for a radical end to this madness and why my only hope is in world socialism.”

“If he waits for the ideal moment, he will never set off; he requires a touch of madness to take the next step. The warrior uses that touch of madness. For - in both love and war - it is impossible to foresee everything.”