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I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation.
Siegfried Sassoon
Change
War
Purpose
Negotiation
Now
Soldiers
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
Men
War
Being
Errors
Fighting
I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it.
Siegfried Sassoon
Power
War
Act
Authority
Being
Defiance
End
Military
I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers.
Siegfried Sassoon
Acting
Soldiers
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
Evil
Party
Troops
Man, it seemed, had been created to jab the life out of Germans.
Siegfried Sassoon
Life
Man
Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives.
Siegfried Sassoon
Beds
Soldiers
Wives
Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no dividend from time's tomorrows.
Siegfried Sassoon
Death
Time
Land
Soldiers