Quote#Death
I am perfectly sure I could never say I believe in the vigorous…
Quote byCrystal Eastman · 1881–1928
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Oswald Garrison Villard, November 16, 1917.
English (original)
I am perfectly sure I could never say I believe in the vigorous prosecution of the war. War offends my common sense and my regard for human life too much. I cannot feel any faith in good coming out of it, even now that we are in it; and besides that, even if I admit that good may come out of it, I could not encourage other people to die for a cause I am not ready to die for myself.
— Crystal Eastman
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