War Quotes

There is more value in placing a flower in a rifle barrel than making war. As Jimi Hendrix used to say, musical notes have more importance than bullets.

Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more.

We're trying to sell peace, like a product, you know, and sell it like people sell soap or soft drinks. And it's the only way to get people aware that peace is possible, and it isn't just inevitable to have violence. Not just war - all forms of violence.

War is over ... If you want it.

There is an alternative to war. It's staying in bed and growing your hair.

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

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.

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

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

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

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.'

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.

When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its womankind.

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.

We cannot escape history.

With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us strive on to finish the work we are in

It is for us the living ... to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far nobly advanced.