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