War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
Niccolo MachiavelliIn war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
Julius CaesarI refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
Martin Luther King, Jr.War is so complex; human nature is so complex. There’s no filmmaker who has ever figured it out perfectly.
Angelina JolieIn war there is no substitute for victory.
Douglas MacArthurWar is never a lasting solution for any problem.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
Douglas MacArthurThat’s the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.
Jerry SeinfeldI think war is so incredibly backward, and I don’t think it’s intelligent, and it’s not sane. So why would you want to support it?
Alice WalkerTo be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
George WashingtonFor a war to be just three conditions are necessary – public authority, just cause, right motive.
Ernest HemingwayI venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
Edmund BurkeYou can think of the entire Internet as a place where ideas embodied in cyberspace are having a war, and it’s not much different than the war of gods in heaven, which has been taking place since there’s been human beings.
Jordan PetersonMankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
John F. KennedyI just think that it’s strong and it’s important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it’s about the birth of our Savior, and there’s a lot of pressure today to be politically correct, but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe.
Joel OsteenWhenever a high-profile leader dies, people immediately attempt to summarize that person’s life in a sentence. Often, critics and commentators get caught up looking at the leader’s style, or which political or philosophical camp they represented.
John C. MaxwellIt is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history; it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups.
Jane GoodallAs this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.
Richard M. NixonBuilding new roads and bridges creates jobs. Growing our exports creates jobs. Reforming our outdated tax system and our broken immigration system creates jobs.
Barack ObamaWar is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.
Martin LutherWhat is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.
Aldous HuxleyI am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.
Winston ChurchillThere was never a good war, or a bad peace.
Benjamin FranklinThe 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. BushOrganized 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 KrishnamurtiThe argument that resistance to the war should remain strictly nonviolent seems to me overwhelming.
Noam ChomskyWar does not determine who is right – only who is left.
Bertrand RussellI don’t oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
Barack ObamaUnconditional 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. KennedyMarriage is an adventure, like going to war.
Gilbert K. ChestertonBut does that mean that war and violence are inevitable? I would argue not because we have also evolved this amazingly sophisticated intellect, and we are capable of controlling our innate behavior a lot of the time.
Jane GoodallThe essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.
George OrwellLots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war – for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I’d say we deserve ours more.
John LennonPatriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.
Bertrand RussellWar is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
Benjamin DisraeliSerious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.
George OrwellWar will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.
H. L. MenckenPeace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Baruch SpinozaThe United States never lost a war or won a conference.
Will RogersHappy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!
Charles DickensYou can’t say civilization don’t advance… in every war they kill you in a new way.
Will RogersDiplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it… You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
Will RogersWar should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.
Niccolo MachiavelliEach nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism – and wars.
Dale CarnegieWar contributes greatly to global warming, which shouldn’t surprise us. All those bombs going off, all those rockets, all those planes and helicopters. All that fuel of various kinds being used. It pollutes the air and water of this very fragile and interconnected planet.
Alice WalkerChristmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God’s perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year.
Joel OsteenEverybody has a job to do. There are people in Iraq on both sides of this war who do what they do for religious reasons, and they feel with God on their side. Some people are good at annihilating people. Maybe that’s their gift.
Denzel WashingtonOne cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
Douglas MacArthurThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
George S. PattonWhen the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die.
Jean-Paul SartreSomething’s very wrong with a nation that would rather spend money on war than take care of its children.
Robert KiyosakiWhen it comes to space, I see it as my job, I’m building infrastructure the hard way. I’m using my resources to put in place heavy lifting infrastructure so the next generation of people can have a dynamic, entrepreneurial explosion into space.
Jeff BezosThe whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free economic system – at least not in the way that is claimed. The same is true of the roads, of course.
Noam ChomskyAs I’ve said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis‘ future.
Barack ObamaWar is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
George OrwellAn unjust peace is better than a just war.
Marcus Tullius CiceroWe did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.
Thomas JeffersonJust like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I’m going to Viet Nam’s aid!
Lyndon B. JohnsonI find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating… because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.
Fidel Castro