约翰·斯图尔特·米尔 "战争是一件丑陋的事情，但不是最丑陋的事情"

战争是一件丑陋的事情，但不是最丑陋的事情。认为没有什么值得为之斗争的道德和爱国情感的腐朽和堕落要糟糕得多。一个没有任何东西愿意为之奋斗，没有什么比自己的人身安全更重要的人，是一个悲惨的生物，除非通过比他自己更好的人的努力，否则没有机会获得自由。 ——约翰·斯图尔特·米尔 

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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. - John Stuart Mill