I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it.
Siegfried Sassoon
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You smugfaced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by
Sneak home and pray youll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
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Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives.
- Siegfried Sassoon