"War is the statesman’s game, the priest’s delight, the lawyer’s jest, the hired assassin’s trade." ― Percy Bysshe Shelley Topic(s): War More From Percy Bysshe Shelley "The great instrument of moral good is the imagination." "A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own." "Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness." More In War "If we don’t end war, war will end us."― H. G. Wells "A boy doesn’t have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn’t like pie when he sees there isn’t enough to go around."― E. W. Howe "My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth."― George Washington