War, which is simply the subjection of all life and property to one momentary aim, is morally vastly superior to the more violent egoism of the individual; it develops power in the service of a supreme general idea and under a discipline which nevertheless permits supreme heroic virtue to unfold. Indeed, war alone grants to mankind the magnificent spectacle of a general submission to a general aim.
— Jakob Christoph Burckhardt (1818-1897) Swiss historian
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