War Quotes

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

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"War proves that humanity has much to learn about peace."
Abraham Kuhn
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"War is a failure of imagination and diplomacy."
Abraham Kuhn
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"War reveals the worst in humanity and sometimes, paradoxically, the best."
Philip Morris
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"War is the failure of wisdom; peace is its triumph."
Otto Kahn
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"War against ignorance is the only war worth fighting."
Otto Kahn
"War teaches us the price of peace, if we are wise enough to learn."
Solomon Loeb
"War is the failure of imagination to find a better solution."
Solomon Loeb
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"In war, there are no victors, only survivors and the bereaved."
Julius Rosenthal
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"War is failure magnified, violence crystallized."
Julius Rosenthal
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"War reveals humanity at its worst and best."
Abraham Kuhn
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"War proves that civilization is a thin veneer."
Abraham Kuhn
"War is the failure of imagination on a catastrophic scale."
Solomon Loeb
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"War does not determine who is right - only who is left."
William H. McCallum
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"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
William H. McCallum
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"War destroys what peace builds."
Hugo Münsterberg
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"War is the failure of wisdom."
Hugo Münsterberg
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"War reveals humanity at its worst and, paradoxically, sometimes at its best."
Philip Morris
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"In the face of war, the first casualty is always truth."
Julius Rosenthal
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"War is the failure of those who do not understand human psychology."
Hugo Münsterberg
"War is the price of failed diplomacy and abandoned virtue."
Solomon Loeb
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"War is the failure of diplomacy."
Elbert Gary
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"War does not determine who is right only who is left."
Whiting Williams
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"War is a failure of psychology; peace is psychology's greatest triumph."
Hugo Münsterberg
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"War reveals the failures of psychology; its prevention is psychology's calling."
Hugo Münsterberg
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"War against ignorance is the only war worth fighting."
William H. McCallum
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"The war between worker and employer damages both; cooperation enriches each."
Whiting Williams
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"War is the continuation of politics by other means."
Elmer Sperry
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"War teaches us lessons that should never need to be learned twice."
Colby M. Chester
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"War reveals both the worst and best of human nature."
Colby M. Chester
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"War may be inevitable, but the pursuit of peace should be relentless."
Elbert Gary