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
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"War teaches us the price of peace; peace teaches us the value of war's absence."
Tim Gill
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"War is failure dressed up as necessity."
Tim Gill
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"War leaves wounds that take generations to heal"
Marsha P. Johnson
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"War is declared on us every day through invisibility."
Sylvia Rivera
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"War is failure; prevention is wisdom."
Tim Gill
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"War's greatest cost is measured in lost potential."
Tim Gill
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"War against the poor never stops, we just don't call it that."
Sylvia Rivera
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"War on the poor is what we call policy."
Sylvia Rivera
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"War is failure of imagination dressed up as necessity."
Tim Gill
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"War is never the answer; peace is always possible."
Coretta Scott King
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"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
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"War is the failure of imagination and compassion."
Larry Kramer
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"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
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"War against poverty and disease should be our primary focus."
Marsha P. Johnson
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"War solves nothing that peace cannot solve better."
James Reeb
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"War reveals our failure to build sufficient community."
James Reeb
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"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
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"War was waged against us every single day, and we were still able to laugh and love."
Marsha P. Johnson
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"War does not determine who is right – only who is left."
Andrew Goodman
"War may end conflicts, but only justice brings peace."
Al Sharpton
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"War is what happens when conversation becomes impossible."
Andrew Goodman
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"War begins in the heart before it appears on the battlefield."
Andrew Goodman
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"War is the failure of all other forms of communication."
James Chaney
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"War scars nations long after the guns fall silent."
James Chaney