War Quotes
Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.
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"War scars us, but it also reveals our capacity for heroism."Jean Jennings Bartik
"War teaches harsh lessons; peace builds lasting solutions."Nolan Bushnell
"War teaches us lessons better learned through peace."Shunpei Yamazaki
"War is failure of the imagination to solve problems creatively."Shunpei Yamazaki
"The greatest battles are often won through persistence, not force."Donna Dubinsky
"War begins in the moment we stop seeing the humanity in another."Shunpei Yamazaki
"War is the failure of language to bridge the gap between us."Shunpei Yamazaki
"War emerges from the failure of different groups to recognize their fundamental interdependence."Carver Mead
"War is the continuation of politics by other means."Gordon Moore
"War is a process of mutual destruction, governed by the laws of probability."John von Neumann
"War teaches us that peace is more valuable than we realize."Donna Dubinsky
"War often results from the failure to truly understand the other."Carver Mead
"War teaches us that preparation and foresight are more valuable than improvisation."John von Neumann
"War teaches lessons that peace should take to heart: the value of cooperation and the cost of division."John von Neumann
"The greatest battles are not fought with weapons but with ideas and determination."Sunita Narain
"War against nature is war against ourselves."Sunita Narain
"War is a failure of human communication and understanding."Steve Wozniak
"Our violence is always claimed to be for the good."R.D. Laing
"War between departments destroys companies."Reed Hastings
"War teaches harsh lessons about the value of peace and understanding."Sundar Pichai
"War is failure of understanding; peace is its successful achievement."Sundar Pichai
"War seems a natural outlet for human aggression."Anna Freud
"War brings out both the worst and best in humanity."Anna Freud
"War emerges from the projection of internal aggression outward; peace requires internal integration."D.W. Winnicott
"We valorize the warrior spirit, yet punish its manifestations."R.D. Laing
"War often represents the failure of imagination—the inability to envision solutions beyond destruction."D.W. Winnicott
"The state is a machine of oppression"Pierre Clastres
"Warfare in primitive societies is ritualized, not total"Pierre Clastres
"The greatest violence is done in the name of universal principles."Louis Dumont
"War is not natural to man; it is a product of civilized thinking."Pierre Clastres