War Quotes
Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.
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"War diminishes the humanity of all who wage it."Moses Mendelssohn
"In the midst of arms, the laws are not silent, but they speak with measured voice."Hugo Grotius
"The blood of innocent people cries out against those who shed it unjustly."Hugo Grotius
"Wars are won not by superior force, but by superior understanding."Hugo Grotius
"The greatest battles are fought not with swords, but with arguments."Hugo Grotius
"War is the judge of all things."Friedrich Schiller
"Those who live in peace must always be prepared for war, for security demands vigilance."Jean Bodin
"War arises from the failure of reason; peace from its triumph."Christian Wolff
"War teaches us the value of what peace provides."Moses Mendelssohn
"War is the failure of diplomacy."Claude Adrien Helvetius
"War leaves scars that generations must heal."Claude Adrien Helvetius
"War is the invention of the devil."Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"War is the failure of reason, yet sometimes necessary when reason itself is under attack."Jean Bodin
"War is the ultimate failure of human reason and moral imagination."Moses Mendelssohn
"War could be prevented if men understood the mathematics of human nature."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"War is made inevitable by the ignorance that prevents us from understanding one another."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"War is often the result of failures in dialogue and diplomacy."Moses Mendelssohn
"War is a plague that society must learn to overcome."Jean d'Alembert
"War is the failure of reason and diplomacy."Jean d'Alembert
"War is the failure of human reason."Moses Mendelssohn
"War is the worst evil, born from ignorance and the failure to understand mutual interest."Claude Adrien Helvetius
"War is the failure of wisdom."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"War leaves scars that generations cannot heal."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"War begins in the minds made ignorant and desperate by those in power."Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"War is a failure of civilization."Jean d'Alembert
"War settles nothing except the question of strength, not justice."Jean d'Alembert
"War often stems from the inability to perceive our common humanity through differing sensations."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"War is the failure of diplomacy and reason."Claude Adrien Helvetius
"War is born from the ignorance of men."Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"War is the continuation of politics by other means."Catherine de Medici