Quotes About War

It wasn't so easy though, ending the war. A war is a huge fire; the ashes from it drift far, and settle slowly.

I followed the war wherever I could reach it.

The old wars were decided by their episodes rather than by their tendencies. In this war, the tendencies are far more important than the episodes.

Old men make wars that young men may die.

Even wars, big conflicts that have drawn a lot of news coverage, sometimes seem to me to have a center that hasn't been described, that might yet be glimpsed if approached from some odd angle.

The importance of fear as a factor in war-making cannot be overlooked, and can hardly be overestimated. Any politician can play on panic when he wishes to stampede a people into war.

I think the evangelicals think they're in a holy war now.

We've been at peace about as long as e were at war.

You assume things, like whatever country has more firepower wins the wars, and that's actually not true at all.

Modern war is so expensive that we feel trade to be a better avenue to plunder; but modern man inherits all the innate pugnacity and all the love of glory of his ancestors.

In modern eyes, precious though wars may be they must not be waged solely for the sake of the ideal harvest. Only when forced upon one, is a war now thought permissible.

If America becomes militant, it will be because its people choose to become such; it will be because they think that war and warlikeness are desirable.

I am confirmed in my belief that war is utter destructive violent chaos. There is no "art," no "order(s)," no "just war." No matter what the ideologies, wars are the same.

Tis a well-known fact that a man is either skilled in matters of loving or matters of war. 'Tis obvious that fighting is your skill.

war is not just a victory or loss ... People die.

I guess there was a war going on somewhere in the world that night but it wasn't one that could touch us.

One cannot toss ambassadors back like bad fish," said Eugenides. "You treat them with care, or you'll find you've committed an act of war.

You can see love in war and you can also see war in love!

There is no life in war; there is life only in peace.

Peace is not a dream; peace is an option! You either choose peace and prove that you are clever and angelic, or choose war proving that you are stupid and devilish!

In peace, continue your art; in war, continue your art; in freedom, continue your art; in captivity, continue your art!

Those that despise peace and admire war are crushed under the boots of the war!

In times of war, don't touch the guns; stay as a human! Always refuse to be a killer!

Declare not war against your emotions, or prepare for the inevitable defeat!