War Quotes
Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.
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"War is the failure of imagination and the triumph of force."Bill Moyers
"War is the failure of everything else we believe in."Andy Rooney
"War solves nothing that peace couldn't solve better."Andy Rooney
"War is the failure of diplomacy."Bob Schieffer
"War changes everyone it touches."Bob Schieffer
"Most wars are started by people who haven't spent much time with war."Andy Rooney
"Wars are often sold to the public with falsehoods."Seymour Hersh
"Every government lies, especially about war."Seymour Hersh
"War is the failure of diplomacy."Tom Wolfe
"War is the failure of peace."Walter Matthau
"The price of peace is eternal vigilance against those who wage war"Seymour Hersh
"The greatest crimes are those committed with official sanction"Seymour Hersh
"The people have a right to know the true cost of war"Seymour Hersh
"The machinery of war grinds on regardless of public knowledge or consent"Seymour Hersh
"War shows us the worst and sometimes the best of humanity."Diane Sawyer
"War teaches bitter lessons about peace."Bob Schieffer
"War has become too important to be left to lawyers alone."Christopher Hitchens
"Ours was the first truly televised war, and it was impossible to win."Hunter S. Thompson
"War is a failure of imagination."Katie Couric
"War destroys what peace takes years to build."Katie Couric
"War teaches us the value of peace."James Foley
"Every man thinks God is on his side. That's why we have wars."Tom Wolfe
"War proves that human beings have learned little from their mistakes."Tom Wolfe
"You cannot write about war without understanding its human cost."Seymour Hersh
"People are dying, and others are getting rich."Christopher Hitchens
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent statesman."Christopher Hitchens
"Covering a war means going to places torn by chaos, destruction, and death."Marie Colvin
"War is not just a guy thing."Marie Colvin
"The military-industrial complex doesn't operate in darkness by accident."Seymour Hersh
"The war on drugs is a failure of massive proportions."Hunter S. Thompson