No Man Is So Foolish As To Desire War

Dear Representative Stauber,

“No man is so foolish as to desire war more than peace: for in peace sons bury their fathers, but in war fathers bury their sons.”

- Herodotus, 5^thcentury BC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote source: Herodotus. The Persian Wars. Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, https://www.loebclassics.com/view/herodotus-persian_wars/1920/pb_LCL117.113.xml. Accessed 5 April 2026.

Image source: Fingerhut, Hannah, Konstantin Toropin and Rebecca Boone. “U.S. Soldiers Who Died in the Iran War Remembered for Their Service and Devotion to Their Families.” Los Angeles Times, 4 March 2026, https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-03-04/u-s-soldiers-who-died-in-iran-war-remembered-for-their-service-devotion-to-their-families.

Mailed April 7, 2026