War Quotes

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

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"A revolution is not a dinner party; it is an act of violence."
Mao Zedong
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"Imperialism will always need war; the revolution will always prefer peace."
Fidel Castro
"A revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate."
Che Guevara
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"You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you."
Leon Trotsky
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"War is the bankruptcy of human reason."
Leon Trotsky
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"In war, the truth is the first casualty."
Leon Trotsky
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"War represents the failure of human civilization."
Leon Trotsky
"We cannot accept a peace that preserves colonial exploitation."
Ho Chi Minh
"Every Vietnamese must be a soldier in the war for independence."
Ho Chi Minh
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"We are advocates of the abolition of war, we do not want war; but war can only be abolished through war."
Mao Zedong
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"War is politics by other means; peace requires changing politics"
Leon Trotsky
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"War is the bankruptcy of diplomacy"
Leon Trotsky
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"War is the failure of diplomacy."
Fidel Castro
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary."
Che Guevara
"The guerrilla fighter must always think of his rifle as his best friend."
Che Guevara
"We are not enemies of any nation; we are enemies of colonialism."
Ho Chi Minh
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"The guerrilla fights the war of the flea, and his military enemy suffers from the bites."
Mao Zedong
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"History shows that there are no invincible armies."
Vladimir Lenin
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"History shows that there are no invincible armies."
Joseph Stalin
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"To destroy the enemy we must have popular support."
Joseph Stalin
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"A revolution is certainly the most authoritarian thing there is."
Joseph Stalin
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"A revolution must be just to be successful."
Fidel Castro
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"A revolution that devours its own children is a revolution that has lost its way."
Leon Trotsky
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"Guerrilla warfare will be the salvation of the Chinese people."
Mao Zedong
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"In war, moral factors account for half of the outcome; the other half is material factors."
Mao Zedong
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"War is the only hygiene of the world."
Benito Mussolini
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"War alone brings everything to its highest tension and stamps with nobility nations that dare to wage it."
Benito Mussolini
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"Violence is the only language the masses understand."
Benito Mussolini
"Revolution is not a dinner party; it is a struggle between life and death."
Ho Chi Minh
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"War is politics by other means; understanding this reveals its true nature."
Vladimir Lenin