I say, sir, we must not regard modern war as a kind of game in which we may take a hand...

Winston Churchill: I say, sir, we must not regard modern war as a kind of game in which we may take a hand and with good luck and good management play it rightly for an evening and when we have had enough, come safely home with our winnings. Oh, no, sir. It is no longer - a game. A European war cannot be anything but a cruel and heartrending struggle, which, if we are ever to enjoy the bitter fruits of victory, must demand, perhaps for years, the whole manhood of the nation, the entire suspension of peaceful industries, and the concentrating to only one end - of every vital agency in the community. Aw, yes, it may be that the human race is doomed, never to learn from its mistakes. We are the only animals, on this globe, who periodically set out to slaughter each other, for the best, the noblest, the most inescapable of reasons. We know better. But, we do it again and again, in generation after generation. It may be that our Empire too is doomed - like all those that have gone before it. To continue to spill and waste its best blood on foreign soil, no matter what we say or do in this place or think or believe or have learned from history. But, thank God, for us - there is still such a thing as moral force!