Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.

Character... is a habit, the daily choice of right over wrong it is a moral quality which grows to maturity in peace and is not suddenly developed on the outbreak of war.

No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.