War Quotes

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

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"The state of nature is not necessarily a state of peace."
Adam Smith
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"War is the tragic necessity through which history progresses."
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
G
"War reveals the depths of human passion and historical necessity."
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
T
"The condition of man is a condition of war of everyone against everyone."
Thomas Hobbes
T
"During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war."
Thomas Hobbes
T
"The passion of envy is the source of wars between nations."
Thomas Hobbes
T
"We fight not for vengeance, but for the right to exist."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"War should be the last resort of nations."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"War teaches us to value peace."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"War is the greatest evil that humans have inflicted upon themselves."
Immanuel Kant
I
"War reveals the worst in human nature."
Immanuel Kant
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"Wars are always allowed by those who counsel them, and those who wage them are ever ready to justify themselves."
David Hume
D
"War is the ultimate failure of human reason and the triumph of passion."
David Hume
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"War may be necessary to defend freedom, but peace is the true victory."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"The condition of man is a condition of war of everyone against everyone."
Thomas Hobbes
T
"Rebellion is, by the error of them that in the beginning thereof are authors of it, punishable as treason."
Thomas Hobbes
T
"Truth is the first casualty of war."
Thomas Hobbes
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"War is the failure of diplomacy."
José de San Martín
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"The condition of man is a condition of war of everyone against everyone."
Thomas Hobbes
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"Wars arise from fear, greed, and the ignorance of men."
Baruch Spinoza
J
"The art of war is simple enough: find out where your enemy is; get at him as soon as you can, strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on."
John Locke
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"War is the ultimate failure of human understanding."
Peter Kropotkin
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"War is the confession of a failed diplomacy."
Peter Kropotkin
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"The war for independence is won first in the minds of men."
José de San Martín
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"The seeds of revolution are sown in the soil of injustice."
Benito Juárez
B
"War teaches bitter lessons that peace takes generations to unlearn."
Benito Juárez
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"A true warrior fights not for glory, but for the right of his children to live free."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
T
"The oppressor makes his own enemy; we need only ensure his defeat."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"I am opposed to war because it means submission to authority."
Emma Goldman
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"War exists only as long as power exists."
Michel Bakunin