I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed. (Siegfried Sassoon)

I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed.

Siegfried Sassoon

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