"I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust"
- Siegfried Sassoon
About this Quote
This quote by Siegfried Sassoon speaks with the enormous suffering of the troops during World War I and his rejection to be complicit in extending it. Sassoon's words recommend that he thinks the war is being fought for unjustified and unethical factors, and he can no longer belong of it. His words are a powerful statement of his ethical convictions and a condemnation of the war. Sassoon's words likewise show the deep emotional toll of war on those who battle it. He has actually seen the suffering of the soldiers firsthand and can no longer be a part of it. His words are a pointer of the human cost of war and the requirement to think about the moral implications of any dispute. Sassoon's words are an effective pointer of the need to believe seriously about the factors for war and the consequences of extending it.
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