You Can’t Have a War Without Soldiers
Laurence Vance
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” — Voltaire Critics
Erasmus
Erasmus on the Just War
Laurence Vance
“The most just of wars brings with it a train of evils—if indeed any war can really be called just.” ~ Erasmus In the first
Erasmus on Soldiers
Laurence Vance
“Who could possibly tell how many hardships these idiots of soldiers put up with in their camps? And they deserve worse just for being willing
Erasmus on Christianity and War: Christian War Fever
Laurence Vance
“I simply admit that I have written some rather distasteful things for the purpose of frightening Christians away from the insanity of war, for I
Erasmus on the Evils of War
Laurence Vance
“Since we see that there is hardly ever any respite from wars, which normally arise from the ambition or anger of princes and thus are
