“ In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody. Gertrude Stein Writer
“ Sharing our depressions felt like having survived a war. The experience bonds you to the other person for life. Art Buchwald Humorist
“ As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war. Baron De Montesquieu Author
“ The reason why China suffers bitterly from endless wars is because of the existence of feudal lords and kings. Qin Shi Huang King
“ Almost everywhere else in Europe, the more military the state, the stronger the king - except in Britain. Here it was parliament, not the monarchy, who signed the cheques. The longer the war went on, the stronger parliament became, as the purse on which it sat grew bigger and bigger. Simon Schama Art Historian