“Against the vast majority of my countrymen… in the name of humanity and civilisation, I protest against our share in the destruction of Germany. A month ago Europe was a peaceful comity of nations: if an Englishman killed a German, he was hanged. Now, if an Englishman kills a German, or if a German kills an Englishman, he is a patriot who has deserved well of his country.” Bertrand Russell
“We see men living with their skulls blown open; we see soldiers run with their two feet cut off …Still the little piece of convulsed earth in which we …read more
Source: European Public Affairs