War Quotes

Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.

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"War proves nothing except the strength of weapons."
Marlon Brando
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"War solves nothing; only understanding and dialogue can."
Bing Crosby
"War solves nothing. Peace solves everything."
Joan Crawford
"War within ourselves is often the only battle that truly matters."
Ginger Rogers
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"War is a failure of peace."
Gary Cooper
"War is always the failure of human conversation."
Bette Davis
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"War solves nothing that peace cannot resolve better."
Cary Grant
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"I witnessed how war destroys not just buildings, but the souls of those who live through it."
Ingrid Bergman
"War teaches us the value of peace in ways that peace cannot."
Vivien Leigh
"War is a failure of imagination and compassion."
Vivien Leigh
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"War teaches us the cost of hatred and the value of compassion."
Cary Grant
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"War and conflict on stage reveal truths about human nature that everyday life often obscures."
Laurence Olivier
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"What a terrible thing war is."
Charlie Chaplin
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"War is the failure of civilization."
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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"War leaves scars that take generations to heal."
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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"War is an admission of the failure of diplomacy and wisdom."
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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"Wars, conflict, it's all business"
Charlie Chaplin
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"The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon."
Harry Truman
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"The United States never lost a war or won a peace conference."
Harry Truman
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"The only way to prevent a war is to be able to win it."
Harry Truman
"War solves nothing; understanding solves everything."
Audrey Hepburn
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"War is the failure of diplomacy, and peace is its greatest achievement."
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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"War is comedy to those that think, tragedy to those who feel."
Charlie Chaplin
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"The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness."
Harry Truman
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"Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory."
John F. Kennedy
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"War is the failure of diplomacy."
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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"War wounds the body; peace heals the soul."
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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"War is never the solution to human problems."
Aung San Suu Kyi
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"History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."
Ronald Reagan
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"What's being done to prevent future wars is to help the people we're trying to reach with the facts about communism."
Ronald Reagan