War Quotes
Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.
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"War tests not just armies, but the very soul of a nation."Hernando de Soto
"War proves that force alone cannot sustain empires."Hernando de Soto
"War is a failure of understanding and compassion."Angus Deaton
"War teaches us the cost of misunderstanding."Angus Deaton
"War teaches us the terrible cost of failing to choose peace."Raj Patel
"War is the failure of all other forms of communication and negotiation."Raj Patel
"War is what happens when we forget that the enemy also dreams of home."Raj Patel
"War solves nothing that peace cannot solve more elegantly."Hernando de Soto
"Wars are often fought over resources and wealth distribution"Thomas Piketty
"War is often the result of failed institutional design and communication."Elinor Ostrom
"War can sometimes break the hold of distributional coalitions."Mancur Olson
"Trade wars destroy the institutions that peaceful exchange requires."Mancur Olson
"War teaches lessons that peace cannot."Hernando de Soto
"War is the failure of wisdom."Hernando de Soto
"War's greatest cost is not measured in money but in lost potential"Angus Deaton
"War, I learned, is less about winning and more about who is willing to endure the longest."Hernando de Soto
"War is the failure of human wisdom."Amartya Sen
"War is a failure of diplomacy and wisdom."James Tobin
"War leaves scars on nations and souls."James Tobin
"War has always been about controlling wealth and resources, never truly about ideals."Thomas Piketty
"War and inequality are siblings; eliminate one and weaken the other."Thomas Piketty
"War is the failure of diplomacy."Kenneth Arrow
"War devastates; peace builds."Kenneth Arrow
"Wars can paradoxically make collective action easier by creating urgency and shared threat perception."Mancur Olson
"War destroys human capital."Gary Becker
"War is always a failure of reason."Gary Becker
"The money supply during wartime is often expanded beyond what peacetime would support."Anna Schwartz
"War is economically destructive."Paul Samuelson
"War and conflict reveal the stakes embedded in economic systems."Kenneth Arrow
"War teaches harsh lessons about the fragility of cooperative systems."Kenneth Arrow