الإنسان هو الحيوان الوحيد الذي يتعامل مع أبشع الفظائع: الحرب. وهو الوحيد الذي يجمع إخوته حوله ثم يخرج ببرود دم وهدوء نبض ليُبيد جنسه. وهو الحيوان الوحيد الذي يخرج مقابل أجرٍ دنيء... ليساعد في ذبح غرباءَ من نوعه لم يؤذوه قط، ولا خاصمهم أبدًا... وفي فترات بين الحملات يغسل الدم عن يديه، ويعمل من أجل الأخوّة الكونية للبشر بفمه.

“Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out... and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel.... And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for the universal brotherhood of man with his mouth.”Mark Twain