Quotes About Conflict

War is a lot of things and it's useless to pretend that exciting isn't one of them. (pg. 144)

The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.

Give 'em all the same grub and all the same pay/And the war would be over and done in a day." - All Quiet On The Western Front, Ch. 3

Today the real test of power is not capacity to make war but capacity to prevent it.

I think the President ought to bring everybody that's in American uniform back because we're headed for war.

When I was alive, I mean the first time, Mussolini was in charge. We were at war." "Mussolini?" Leo frowned. "Wasn't he like BFFs with Hitler?

An organism at war with itself is doomed.

That piecemeal peace is poor peace. What pure peace allows Alarms of wars, the daunting wars, the death of it?

War is the greatest fun man can have with his pants on.

One should never allow chaos to develop in order to avoid going to war, because one does not avoid a war but instead puts it off to his disadvantage

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.

I don't feel a lack of hope. It's just disappointment that after all these years we're still fighting meaningless wars for a handful of people.

A world without war is not in the cards.

Some of us, perhaps all of us, believe that it is legitimate to kill enemy soldiers in a war, as if war were a special circumstance that shrinks the sizes of enemy souls.

Organized religion is good for wars, battles, pissin' and moanin' and not much else.

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.

Peace is produced by war.

If you want to talk about mistakes, every country has mistakes, every government has mistakes, every person has mistakes. When you have a war, you have more mistakes. That's the natural thing.

The transitory interests of royal houses may be advanced in war; the real interests of all people are furthered by the peace.

War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.

It is ridiculous, frighteningly ridiculous to make wars in the name of peace.

I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes.

As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.