War Quotes
Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.
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"War profits from our indifference."Larry Kramer
"War teaches us the price of peace; peace teaches us the value of war's absence."Tim Gill
"War is failure dressed up as necessity."Tim Gill
"War leaves wounds that take generations to heal"Marsha P. Johnson
"War is declared on us every day through invisibility."Sylvia Rivera
"War is failure; prevention is wisdom."Tim Gill
"War's greatest cost is measured in lost potential."Tim Gill
"War against the poor never stops, we just don't call it that."Sylvia Rivera
"War on the poor is what we call policy."Sylvia Rivera
"War is failure of imagination dressed up as necessity."Tim Gill
"War is never the answer; peace is always possible."Coretta Scott King
"War destroys the most vulnerable first."Marsha P. Johnson
"War may settle disputes, but only peace builds futures."Al Sharpton
"War destroys what peace takes generations to build."Al Sharpton
"War is the failure of imagination and compassion."Larry Kramer
"We don't need a war, we need a revolution of love."Sylvia Rivera
"War and violence never resolve fundamental injustices; dialogue and transformation do."Al Sharpton
"War against poverty and disease should be our primary focus."Marsha P. Johnson
"War solves nothing that peace cannot solve better."James Reeb
"War reveals our failure to build sufficient community."James Reeb
"War destroys the very fabric of human society."Coretta Scott King
"I must say that I think the system of military conscription is evil."Bayard Rustin
"War is failure; it represents the failure of diplomacy and wisdom."Al Sharpton
"War was waged against us every single day, and we were still able to laugh and love."Marsha P. Johnson
"War does not determine who is right – only who is left."Andrew Goodman
"War may end conflicts, but only justice brings peace."Al Sharpton
"War is what happens when conversation becomes impossible."Andrew Goodman
"War begins in the heart before it appears on the battlefield."Andrew Goodman
"War is the failure of all other forms of communication."James Chaney
"War scars nations long after the guns fall silent."James Chaney