Quotes About Aggression

The possibility of war increases in direct proportion to the effectiveness of the instruments of war.

Waging war is not a primary physical need.

...in war, they will kill some of us; we shall destroy all of them

Without armaments peace cannot be kept; wars are waged not only to repel injustice but also to establish a firm peace.

Once war consisted of individual combats between armed men. Later it was waged between lines of men in opposing trenches. Now it is organized slaughter of whole populations.

Sexual passion is the cause of war and the end of peace, the basis of what is serious... and consequently the concentration of all desire

The thing about war is that once it's triggered, it is unyielding in its appetite. And the more it consumes and gorges, the more it wants.

Sure Vietnam is a dirty war. I've never heard of a clean one.

There are some who feel like - that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring 'em on! We've got the force necessary.

I'm sure if you were a Bosnian during the war, you would wish to kill Serbs. Just because it is the opposite of you and because they're aggressors. And also, it happens to me when I get attacked.

We want to get rid of the militarist not simply because he hurts and kills, but because he is an intolerable thick-voiced blockhead who stands hectoring and blustering in our way of achievement.

If we let Korea down, the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow up one [place] after another.

Only in war are you holy, and when you are robbers and cruel.

In war personal revenge maintains its silence.

He, who loves the bristle of bayonets, only sees in their glitter what beforehand he feels in his hand.

When you look at the beginning of the actual war, it's not hard to recognize that the Pakistanis were the ones to attack.

A battle is a terrible conjugation of the verb to kill: I kill, thou killest, he kills, we kill, they kill, all kill.

Even modern wars are fought like revenge tales from some petty grievance.

We should never go to war unless we have been attacked or are under direct, immediate threat of attack. Never. And never again.

If you want to know when a war might be coming, you just watch the U.S. and see when it starts cutting down on its defenses. It's the surest barometer in the world.

I thought if I could understand why apes get mean and horrible and aggressive when they grow up, maybe I could understand why people get mean and horrible and aggressive and have wars.

Man is, perhaps, no more prone to war than he used to be and no more inclined to commit other evil deeds. But a given amount of ill will or folly will go further than it used to.

War is an irrational, counter-productive way to handle conflicts.

Anyone contemplating world war is certifiably insane, no matter how calm they seem.