War Quotes

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

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"I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half."
Jay Gould
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"War is the failure of diplomacy."
William Astor
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"War leaves scars that outlast peace."
William Astor
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"War is the failure of diplomacy and the triumph of pride."
William K. Vanderbilt
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"War is the admission of failure by civilization."
William K. Vanderbilt
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"War is the failure of every other conversation; let us speak before we shoot."
Mark Hopkins
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"War is the confession that negotiation has failed; it is not leadership's triumph but its bankruptcy."
Mark Hopkins
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"War reveals both the worst and sometimes the best in human nature."
William Astor
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"War impoverishes all who engage in it; peace enriches all it touches."
Leland Stanford
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"War teaches us the value of peace through its lessons."
Mark Hopkins
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"War's lessons teach the value of lasting peace."
Mark Hopkins
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"War teaches us what peace costs; only fools ignore the lesson."
William Astor
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"War is the failure of all other human endeavors."
William Astor
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"War enriches some men while impoverishing nations."
John Jacob Astor
"War is a failure of human reason."
Matthew Boulton
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"War is the failure of every other form of communication."
William Astor
"War destroys what labor builds; choose creation."
Jedediah Strutt
"War is the failure of innovation; peace is its triumph."
Jedediah Strutt
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"War teaches what peace cannot: the fragility of all we build."
William Astor
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"War is the failure of diplomacy."
George Stephenson
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"War is waste in its purest form."
Marshall Field
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"War destroys in months what takes years to build; therefore peace is the only rational choice."
George Stephenson
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"War is the failure of peace."
Frank Woolworth
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"The warrior spirit of business is not conquest; it is growth through service."
Marshall Field
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"War against nature is futile; one must understand and work with its forces."
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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"War of any kind represents a failure of understanding; peace is always preferable."
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
"War may destroy machines, but cannot destroy the knowledge that created them."
Jedediah Strutt
"War destroys, but the innovations born from necessity can then serve peace."
Jedediah Strutt
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"War destroys what men build; peace alone allows creation."
George Stephenson
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"War solves nothing; only peace does."
Owen D. Young