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
"War is the tragic necessity through which history progresses."Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
"War reveals the depths of human passion and historical necessity."Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
"The condition of man is a condition of war of everyone against everyone."Thomas Hobbes
"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
"The passion of envy is the source of wars between nations."Thomas Hobbes
"We fight not for vengeance, but for the right to exist."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"War should be the last resort of nations."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"War teaches us to value peace."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"War is the greatest evil that humans have inflicted upon themselves."Immanuel Kant
"War reveals the worst in human nature."Immanuel Kant
"Wars are always allowed by those who counsel them, and those who wage them are ever ready to justify themselves."David Hume
"War is the ultimate failure of human reason and the triumph of passion."David Hume
"War may be necessary to defend freedom, but peace is the true victory."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"The condition of man is a condition of war of everyone against everyone."Thomas Hobbes
"Rebellion is, by the error of them that in the beginning thereof are authors of it, punishable as treason."Thomas Hobbes
"Truth is the first casualty of war."Thomas Hobbes
"War is the failure of diplomacy."José de San Martín
"The condition of man is a condition of war of everyone against everyone."Thomas Hobbes
"Wars arise from fear, greed, and the ignorance of men."Baruch Spinoza
"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
"War is the ultimate failure of human understanding."Peter Kropotkin
"War is the confession of a failed diplomacy."Peter Kropotkin
"The war for independence is won first in the minds of men."José de San Martín
"The seeds of revolution are sown in the soil of injustice."Benito Juárez
"War teaches bitter lessons that peace takes generations to unlearn."Benito Juárez
"A true warrior fights not for glory, but for the right of his children to live free."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"The oppressor makes his own enemy; we need only ensure his defeat."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"I am opposed to war because it means submission to authority."Emma Goldman
"War exists only as long as power exists."Michel Bakunin