Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.
George Bernard ShawI can tell you this: If I’m ever in a position to call the shots, I’m not going to rush to send somebody else’s kids into a war.
George H. W. BushRemember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.
Ho Chi MinhMy great-grandfather and his two brothers fought at Gettysburg. They were in artillery, and they survived the war, thank goodness. So I revere what they did. I think their motivations were honorable when they undertook the war and participated in it along with other Southerners.
Jimmy CarterLaws are silent in time of war.
Marcus Tullius CiceroA myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.
Alan WattsIt’s silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.
Ronald ReaganIn war there is no prize for runner-up.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaWar is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.
Carl von ClausewitzIn time of war the laws are silent.
Marcus Tullius CiceroIt is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
John F. KennedyA siege is an act of war.
Noam ChomskyNo one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
Winston ChurchillWar settles nothing.
Dwight D. EisenhowerProbably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.
George OrwellIn wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
Winston ChurchillWar grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
Napoleon HillI have known war as few men now living know it. It’s very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.
Douglas MacArthurWar is so complex; human nature is so complex. There’s no filmmaker who has ever figured it out perfectly.
Angelina JolieWar is the province of danger.
Carl von ClausewitzIn 1962, war was avoided by Khrushchev’s willingness to accept Kennedy’s hegemonic demands.
Noam ChomskyUnconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes… can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
John F. KennedyIt is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Albert EinsteinThe United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.
Barack ObamaIn this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Benjamin FranklinThe essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.
George OrwellEvery writer has his writing technique – what he can and can’t do to describe something like war or history. I’m not good at writing about those things, but I try because I feel it is necessary to write that kind of thing.
Haruki MurakamiThe real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWar should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.
James MadisonI subscribe to the myth that an artist’s creativity comes from torment. Once that’s fixed, what do you draw on?
David ByrneEverything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
George Bernard ShawThe quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.
George OrwellWar is a contagion.
Franklin D. RooseveltHave we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies – or else? The chain reaction of evil – hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars – must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.
Martin Luther King, Jr.I don’t think the war in Afghanistan was ruthlessly enough waged.
Christopher HitchensMany intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
Carl von ClausewitzWith those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.
George W. BushWorld War II broke out in 1939, and many people credit that war with saving the economy.
Robert KiyosakiThe deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.
George W. BushThe dropping of bombs on people – isn’t that terrorism?
Alice WalkerOrganized murder is war, and though we demonstrate against a particular war, the nuclear, or any other kind of war, we have never demonstrated against war.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiIn my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.
Abraham LincolnI think it’s a myth that American public or any other public is so stupid that they need to be constantly pricked.
Brian EnoI find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating… because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.
Fidel CastroYou can’t make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can’t make peace without Syria.
Henry KissingerTones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.
Ludwig van BeethovenIt was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.
Henry KissingerCommunism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declared war against Almighty God.
Billy GrahamI dislike Allegory – the conscious and intentional allegory – yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language.
J. R. R. TolkienPatriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Bertrand RussellMore than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars – yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.
Franklin D. RooseveltStrike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!
Helen KellerIn war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
Julius CaesarWar contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.
James MadisonWar will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
John F. KennedyIf they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
Napoleon BonaparteWe can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods.
Virginia WoolfThe world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate… we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.
John F. KennedyThe sinews of war are infinite money.
Marcus Tullius CiceroDon’t bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
Salvador Dali