Quotes About Conflict

War, like children's fights, are meaningless, pitiless, and contemptible.

We have to get a lot tougher if we're going to win this war [with ISIS]. If we're not going to be tougher, we're never going to win this war. This is only going to get worse.

What did we go to war for, if not to protect our property?

One of the parodoxes of war is that those in the rear want to get up into the fight, while those in the lines want to get out.

You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'.

It is entirely clear that there is only one way in which great wars can be permanently prevented, and that is the establishment of an international government with a monopoly of serious armed force.

Like most Rebel soldiers, Sam Watkins owned no slaves.

An inglorious peace is better than a dishonorable war.

War is capitalism with the gloves off and many who go to war know it but they go to war because they don't want to be a hero.

If you ever get a war without blood and gore, well, I'll be the first to go.

If I can just see the European war out I think I might feel justified in quitting the war.

It is Barack Obama who is at war with this country. Recent events prove it. This is not a cliche. It's not a figure of speech. Obama is at war with the U.S. economy.

The world will be at war as long as the mind is at war with itself. If we can't find peace within ourselves, where is the hope for peace in the world?

In the tranquillity of a garden, we detest the war and love the peace much more than any other places!

In a war the aggressor sets the rules.

Nevertheless, the mode, the justification, and all the games involved in this war were dishonest.

I like what Abba Eban once said during the 1967 war. He said, "When all else fails, men turn to reason."

Sri Lanka is a small island, and the war affected everybody. Everybody knew somebody who was killing or being killed.

When has religion ever been unifying? Religion has introduced many wars in this world, enough bloodshed and violence.

Wars should be over in three days or less...and the American people must be all for it from the outset.

War is only an invention, not a biological necessity.

The wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history... there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.

...(Charles) Reich discredits reason because it has been used to justify the war in Vietnam, which is like deciding that because your mother has cooked you a few bad meals you must never eat again.

Something as radical as a war can only be understood (if at all) through the collaboration of journalists, academia, artists and, of course, people.