What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision.

I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war.

There can be no compromise with war.

Killing more people won't help matters.

Establish democracy at home, based on human rights as superior to property rights. . . .

We're half the people; we should be half the Congress.

There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense; for war is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible.