War Quotes

"War and comedy are opposites—one destroys, one builds connections."

"War teaches us the cost of peace and the value of harmony."

"The question is not whether war is nice. Of course it's not nice. The question is whether it's necessary."

"Wars are fought for economics, then justified by ideology."

"War is what happens when language fails."

"War proves that human beings are not rational actors."

"If the next world war is fought with atomic bombs, then the one after that will be fought with sticks and stones."

"The United States has never lost a war, but it doesn't know how to make peace."

"Every time I think the worst is over, someone starts another war."

"War is never the answer."

"Peace is worth fighting for."

"It is our inability to understand a man that compels us to kill him."

"War is a young man's game and an old man's folly."

"In war, truth is the first casualty."

"War is the failure of peace."

"War is a failure of diplomacy and a triumph of pride."

"War is what happens when words fail"

"War is the failure of diplomacy."

"I never made a study of the act of war; that's left to people who are going into the war business."

"War teaches us the value of peace"

"Peace is preferable to conflict"

"War teaches us that conflict arises when people stop listening."

"War is what happens when communication fails."

"Most people would die for their country. Some would kill for it."

"War is the failure of human understanding."

"War settles nothing; peace solves everything."

"War with yourself is won through preparation and discipline."

"War is won by those with the strongest self-control."

"War is the failure of diplomacy."

"War leaves scars that generations must heal."