War Quotes

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

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"War destroys more than buildings; it destroys souls."
Nellie Campobello
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"War is the failure of every other human endeavor."
Nellie Campobello
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"War is the failure of every other form of human communication."
Elena Garro
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"Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived."
Abraham Lincoln
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"War brings out both the best and worst in us."
Mariano Azuela
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"War is the failure of human understanding."
Mariano Azuela
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"War begins in the hearts of people who refuse to understand."
Rosario Castellanos
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"War leaves only ruins where gardens might have grown"
Rubén Darío
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"War is the failure of all other languages to bridge understanding"
Rubén Darío
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"The scars of war teach us more than the victories ever could."
Nellie Campobello
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"Every life destroyed by war is a library burned forever."
Nellie Campobello
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"War destroys not just buildings, but the soul of humanity."
Nellie Campobello
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"War begins not with weapons, but with the refusal to listen."
Elena Garro
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"War is the failure of imagination."
Octavio Paz
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"War is the poetry of the base and the brutal."
Octavio Paz
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"War is the failure of imagination."
Carlos Fuentes
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"War reveals the worst of human nature."
Carlos Fuentes
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"The war within ourselves mirrors the wars we wage against others."
Rosario Castellanos
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"Violence breeds only more violence in an endless cycle."
Mariano Azuela
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"War proves that civilization has much to learn."
Rubén Darío
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"The truest battles are fought in silence."
Elena Garro
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"Violence is the rupture of meaning."
Octavio Paz
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"War leaves scars that generations must heal."
Juan Rulfo
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"War is the failure of understanding and compassion."
Juan Rulfo
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"War destroys, peace builds."
Laura Esquivel
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"War begins in the hearts of men before it reaches the battlefield."
Rosario Castellanos
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"War is the failure of imagination and compassion."
Ariel Dorfman
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"War is always a failure of communication."
Ariel Dorfman
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"Violence begets only the children of violence in endless cycles."
Mariano Azuela
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"The soil of Mexico has drunk too much blood for easy forgetting."
Mariano Azuela