War Quotes

"War is the failure of those who lack imagination to solve their disputes."

"Wars are fought by soldiers but won by minds."

"War is the failure of reason, not its triumph."

"War is tragedy, even when necessary; glory in war is an illusion."

"War is the failure of those who would not listen."

"War proves that humans have not yet evolved their wisdom."

"War begins in the hearts of men before it ever appears on battlefields."

"War is the ultimate confession that reason has failed."

"War is a violent thing, and that which is violent cannot endure."

"War is the failure of wisdom."

"War begets only suffering; peace begets progress."

"War is the failure of diplomacy."

"War destroys; peace builds."

"War is the confession that wisdom has failed in the councils of men."

"War is the business of beasts, and the ruin of men."

"A great war with evil is not won by weapons alone."

"Youth is the first victim of war; old age, the last."

"War arises from the collision of ignorance with fear and greed."

"War teaches us the value of peace, but only to the survivors."

"War makes monsters of men; peace restores their humanity."

"War is the continuation of politics by other means."

"War is the failure of imagination to bridge human difference."

"Wars are begun by those who do not die in them."

"War does not determine who is right—only who is left."

"War makes for strange bedfellows and bitter enemies."

"War is the failure of diplomacy; peace is the triumph of understanding."

"War reveals both the worst and sometimes the best in human nature."

"War is the failure of imagination to envision peaceful solutions."

"War is the health of the state only for tyrants."

"Violence breeds only violence."