War Quotes

"War is never the answer to human differences."

"War begins in the hearts of those who have forgotten their common humanity."

"War is proof of our failure to communicate and understand one another."

"War begets only sorrow and destruction."

"War reveals both human capacity for destruction and for heroic virtue."

"War may sometimes be necessary, but it should always be the last resort."

"War is a failure of communication and compassion."

"War is obsolete when we choose understanding."

"War is what happens when the illusion of control meets the reality of power."

"War is often the failure of imagination and the failure to understand the humanity of others."

"War reveals both the worst and the best in human nature. We must cultivate the conditions for the latter."

"War is ultimately a failure of empathy and emotional intelligence on a massive scale."

"War is often the failure of imagination—our inability to see ourselves in the other."

"War reveals both the best and worst of humanity."

"War is always a failure of imagination and diplomacy."

"Growth requires both challenge and safety, stretching but not breaking."

"Authority has a compelling force in human affairs that often overrides personal conscience."

"War arises from learned patterns of aggression that can theoretically be unlearned."

"War is a symptom of the failure of society to meet the basic needs of its people."

"War is what happens when we have exhausted our moral imagination for alternatives."

"War is behavior learned and taught by society."

"War is ultimately a failure of proper social conditioning; it reflects destructive habit patterns."

"War is what happens when diplomacy fails and pride triumphs."

"War is the ultimate expression of learned behavioral patterns."

"War is the failure of diplomacy"

"The supreme art is to defeat the enemy without fighting."

"War is what happens when language fails."

"War solves nothing; understanding everything."

"War is a terrible affliction of mankind."

"War is the failure of diplomacy."