It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.

About This Quote

The American President Abraham Lincoln said this in 1862, when the United States started to become involved in the Civil War. Lincoln was speaking about the futility of war, but his words have a long history of being used to describe other situations that are difficult to solve with violence.

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