War Quotes

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

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"The military exists to serve the nation and protect its people, not to rule over them."
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
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"Terrorism cannot be defeated by weapons alone; it requires fighting its ideological roots."
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
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"Military discipline and professionalism are essential for national security."
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
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"We are not fighting against people, but against systems of oppression and exploitation."
Abdel Gamal Nasser
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"We do not fight for conquest; we fight for the right to be ourselves."
Abdel Gamal Nasser
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"War destroys what peace takes years to build."
Joseph Kabila
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"War is the failure of wisdom and the triumph of pride."
Muhammad Morsi
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"War is the failure of human diplomacy; peace is its greatest triumph."
Anwar Sadat
"Power flows from the barrel of a gun and the loyalty of soldiers"
Mobutu Sese Seko
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"We are not merely fighting for territory; we fight for the soul and spirit of our nation."
Abdel Gamal Nasser
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"Every war begins with the failure of men to listen to one another."
Anwar Sadat
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"War leaves scars that generations must learn to heal."
Léopold Sédar Senghor
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"War solves nothing that peace could not solve better."
Léopold Sédar Senghor
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"The price of stability is eternal vigilance against those who would exploit it."
Joseph Kabila
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"War teaches us what we refuse to learn in peace."
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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"War teaches us lessons we would rather learn in peace."
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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"War is the confession of a nation's failure in diplomacy."
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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"War is the failure of diplomacy and understanding."
Léopold Sédar Senghor
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"War is the failure of diplomacy, yet sometimes diplomacy requires the will to wage war."
Abdel Gamal Nasser
"My enemies are the enemies of the state, and they must be eliminated."
Mobutu Sese Seko
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"War teaches us nothing except the folly of those who wage it."
Léopold Sédar Senghor
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"We do not seek war, but neither shall we accept subjugation without resistance."
Abdel Gamal Nasser
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"The warrior who seeks to minimize bloodshed is greater than he who glorifies it."
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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"War destroys what generations have built."
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
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"War is the failure of diplomacy and wisdom."
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
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"All is fair in love and war."
Hastings Banda
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"Authority comes from the barrel of a gun"
Francisco Macías Nguema
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"Opposition will be crushed"
Francisco Macías Nguema
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"Violence maintains the natural order"
Francisco Macías Nguema
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"Resistance is futile and foolish"
Francisco Macías Nguema