Leo Tolstoy. War and peace (№ 86554)

The military caste the most honorable. And what war is, what it takes to succeed in the military, what are the morals of military society? The aim of war is murder, weapons of war, spying, treason and the encouragement of it, the ruin of the inhabitants, robbing them or stealing for food of the army; deception and lying are called military stratagems; the morals of the military class - absence of freedom, that is, discipline, idleness, ignorance, cruelty, debauchery, drunkenness. And despite the fact is the highest class, respected by everyone. All the kings, except the Chinese, wear military uniform, and the one who killed more people, give more rewards...