War Quotes

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

To abolish war it is necessary to abolish patriotism, and to abolish patriotism it is necessary first to understand that it is an evil. Tell people that patriotism is bad and most will reply, 'Yes, bad patriotism is bad, but mine is good patriotism.'

War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at war.

War is not courtesy but the most horrible thing in life; and we ought to understand that, and not play at war. We ought to accept this terrible necessity sternly and seriously. It all lies in that: get rid of falsehood and let war be war and not a game.

If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.

The redeeming feature of war is that it puts a nation to the test. As exposure to the atmosphere reduces all mummies to instant dissolution, so war passes supreme judgment upon social systems that have outlived their vitality.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life.

It is difficult to believe in the dreadful but quiet war lurking just below the serene facade of nature.

Peace and war begin at home. If we truly want peace in the world, let us begin by loving one another in our own families. If we want to spread joy, we need for every family to have joy.

When two nations are fighting, the duty of a votary of ahimsa is to stop the war.

I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this.

Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.

All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth.

It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Winning without problem is just victory, but winning with lots of trouble create history.

The German people in its whole character is not warlike, but rather soldierly, that is, while they do not want war, they are not frightened by the thoughts of it.

I ought to have seized the initiative in 1938 instead of allowing myself to be forced into war in 1939; for war was, in any case, unavoidable. However, you can hardly blame me if the British and the French accepted at Munich every demand I made of them.