War Quotes

"War and economic competition have become the most salient features of this century."

"Violence in any form requires a foundation of symbolic justification."

"Modern warfare is increasingly about controlling perception rather than controlling space."

"War has become so efficient that we barely notice it anymore."

"War reveals the depths of human nature."

"War is the failure of understanding."

"War emerges from failures of communication and mutual understanding between groups."

"War represents a failure of the reflexive capacities that modernity promises."

"Military power and industrial power have become inseparable in the modern state."

"Military-industrial complexes represent the dangerous fusion of war and profit."

"Modern warfare is increasingly mediated by technology in ways that change its fundamental character."

"War is the ultimate test of social organization."

"The military establishment has become a permanent and dominant feature of American institutional life."

"The military mind increasingly shapes civilian institutions and policy in ways few notice or acknowledge."

"War is the failure of civilization."

"War is politics by other means, and politics is war by other means."

"War is the worst possible response to human conflict."

"War reveals the worst in human nature."

"The military-industrial complex serves neither democracy nor peace."

"The real war is the war against human dignity and authentic existence."

"War is an antecedent to civilization; it taught men to cooperate."

"War brings out both the worst and best in human nature."

"War is a failure of imagination and diplomacy."

"To understand war, we must understand the structures of power that produce it."

"The state claims a monopoly on legitimate violence, but this monopoly is always contested."

"The state's monopoly on legitimate violence depends ultimately on its moral authority."

"War is a failure of imagination and empathy."

"Wars continue while the ad interim advantage accrues to the stronger side."

"War should be the last resort when all other options have failed."

"War is the failure of wisdom and compassion."