Kirby Page Quotes

• Tragic experience indicates that the most sacred obligations are utterly disregarded when their observance means losing the war.

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  War, Mean, Sacred

  Kirby Page (1976). “Kirby Page and the social gospel: an anthology”, Dissertations-G

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• In war, force is used by the belligerents themselves, no effort being made to bring evildoers before a judicial body, each army acting as judge, jury and executioner.

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  War, Army, Judging

  Kirby Page (1976). “Kirby Page and the social gospel: an anthology”, Dissertations-G

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• Once war consisted of individual combats between armed men. Later it was waged between lines of men in opposing trenches. Now it is organized slaughter of whole populations.

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  War, Men, Population

  Kirby Page (1976). “Kirby Page and the social gospel: an anthology”, Dissertations-G

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