Ah, the French certainly deserve to be punished for starting this war. Everybody says it's...

Albert Kropp: Ah, the French certainly deserve to be punished for starting this war. Detering: Everybody says it's somebody else. Tjaden: Well. how do they start a war? Albert Kropp: Well, one country offends another. Tjaden: How could one country offend another? Tjaden: You mean there's a mountain over in Germany gets mad at a field over in France? [Everyone laughs] Albert Kropp: Well, stupid, one people offends another. Tjaden: Oh, well, if that's it, I shouldn't be here at all. I don't feel offended. Katczinsky: It don't apply to tramps like you. Tjaden: Good. Then I could be goin' home right away. Paul Bäumer: Ah, you just try it. Katczinsky: Yeah. You wanna get shot? Tjaden: The kaiser and me... [the others laugh] Tjaden: Me and the kaiser felt just alike about this war. We didn't either of us want any war, so I'm going home. He's there already. Hair-peak soldier: Somebody must have wanted it. Maybe it was the English. No, I don't want to shoot any Englishman. I never saw one 'til I came up here. And I suppose most of them never saw a German 'til *they* came up here. No, I'm sure *they* weren't asked about it. Paul Bäumer: No. Detering: Well, it must be doing somebody some good. Detering: Not me and the kaiser. Hair-peak soldier: I think maybe the kaiser wanted a war. Tjaden: You leave us out of this! Katczinsky: I don't see that. The kaiser's *got* everything he needs. Hair-peak soldier: Well, he never had a war before. Every full-grown emperor needs one war to make him famous. Why, that's history. Paul Bäumer: Yeah, generals, too. They need war.