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BEST ANSWER  decided by votes   |  epicurus  |  September 16, 2009 03:11 AM  |  view on twitter
Lincoln recognized the value of broadly recognized rules of war that promote restraint and humanistic principles.

Military necessity does not admit of cruelty--that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge, nor of maiming or wounding except in fight, nor of torture to extort confessions.

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