[Our] people are not a warlike nation.  It is a soldierly one, which means it does not want war but does not fear it.  It loves peace, but also its honor and freedom.

—— Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf.

       We are not a warlike people.  Quite the opposite.  We always seek to live in peace.  We resort to force infrequently and with great reluctance–and only after we have determined that it is absolutely necessary.

—— Ronald W. Reagan, July 17, 1980.

       Captain William H. Hudson, commanding the USS Peacock, lands at the Samoan island of Upolu, and burns several villages, in retaliation for the murder of an American Sailor.

       [added 1/15/2022] Thanks to Jim Lorenz for this entry.

       I’m sure the guilty had a fair and impartial Court Martial, after a Court of Inquiry found that the U.S. sailor had not provoked the native human beings.  Yeah, sure.  –– JL