War Quotes

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

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"War settles nothing except who has the bigger weapon"
Elvis Presley
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"War is humanity's greatest failure"
Elvis Presley
"War teaches us that peace is the most precious commodity."
John Coltrane
"War is often born from the failure to truly listen."
John Coltrane
"War destroys what peace takes generations to build."
Jimi Hendrix
"War teaches you what peace means, and loss teaches you what love means."
Duke Ellington
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"War destroys; peace builds."
Ella Fitzgerald
"One does not defend one's country with music."
Igor Stravinsky
"War is the continuation of politics by other means."
Claude Debussy
"War destroys what music and art create."
Miles Davis
"War is the failure of human compassion and understanding."
Richard Wagner
"War destroys; art rebuilds the human spirit."
Claude Debussy
"War wounds the soul; art soothes it."
Claude Debussy
"War is the failure of imagination made flesh."
Richard Wagner
"War is the confession that civilization has temporarily abandoned its principles."
Richard Wagner
"War is the greatest plague that can affect humanity."
Frederic Chopin
"War is the death of civilization; music is its resurrection."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"War begets only war; creation alone can heal creation."
Ludwig van Beethoven
"War brings out the worst in civilization."
Giuseppe Verdi
"War tests the mettle of nations and souls."
Giuseppe Verdi
"War is the failure of imagination to see the enemy as oneself."
Richard Wagner
"War brings suffering; peace brings prosperity."
Johann Sebastian Bach
"War teaches us what peace truly means."
Claude Debussy
"In times of war, art becomes a bridge to peace."
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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"Wars kill people and nothing else."
Salvador Dalí
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"Wars begin when politicians run out of words."
Salvador Dalí
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"The bomb and the atom are in the hand of the madman."
Salvador Dalí
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"War is the failure of diplomacy and wisdom."
Yair Lapid
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"War should always be the last resort."
Yair Lapid
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"The greatest war is the one we wage against our own doubts."
Vincent van Gogh