Empires Won By Conquest Have

Some Wars Have Been Due To The Lust Of Rulers For Power And Glory, Or To Revenge To Wipe Out The Humiliation Of A Former Defeat.

In The Last Fifty Years Science Has Advanced More Than In The 2,000 Previous Years And Given Mankind Greater Powers Over The Forces Of Nature Than The Ancients Ascribed To Their Gods.

The Increase Of Territory And Power Of Empires By Force Of Arms Has Been The Policy Of All Great Powers, And It Has Always Been Possible To Get The Approval Of Their State Religion.

Some Think The Worst Horrors Of War Might Be Avoided By An International Agreement Not To Use Atomic Bombs. This Is A Vain Hope.

If People Have To Choose Between Freedom And Sandwiches They Will Take Sandwiches.