War Quotes

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

10745 quotes

M
"The revolution consumes its own children with methodical indifference."
Mariano Azuela
M
"Violence as a solution merely postpones the reckoning with its causes."
Mariano Azuela
M
"The revolution eats its children and calls it necessity."
Mariano Azuela
L
"War and violence are the loudest testimonies to our failure to love."
Laura Esquivel
"War reveals the truth about human nature"
José Donoso
M
"La guerra es el fracaso de la diplomacia."
Mariano Latorre
O
"War is what happens when conversation fails completely."
Octavio Paz
O
"War is the failure of imagination."
Octavio Paz
V
"War is the failure of imagination."
Vicente Huidobro
V
"War is the failure of diplomacy."
Vicente Huidobro
A
"The most dangerous weapon is the one that makes people stop asking questions."
Ariel Dorfman
C
"War is the failure of language to create understanding between peoples."
Carlos Fuentes
C
"War is the bankruptcy of reason dressed in the uniform of necessity."
Carlos Fuentes
G
"War is the health of the state, said a foolish writer."
Gabriela Mistral
G
"War is the masterpiece of human misery."
Gabriela Mistral
M
"La guerra deja cicatrices que tardan generaciones en sanar."
Mariano Latorre
M
"La guerra es el fracaso de la diplomacia."
Mariano Latorre
A
"War is not inevitable; it is a choice we make collectively."
Ariel Dorfman
"War reveals the depths of human cruelty and unexpected compassion."
José Donoso
I
"War is the ultimate failure of diplomacy."
Isabel Allende
I
"War causes immeasurable suffering."
Isabel Allende
M
"War reveals both the worst and best of human nature."
Magali Quispe Quispe
M
"War costs far more than money; it costs the innocence of generations."
Magali Quispe Quispe
M
"La guerra dentro del ser humano es más destructiva que cualquier batalla."
Mariano Latorre
M
"La guerra nace en la mente antes de manifestarse en los campos."
Mariano Latorre
I
"War teaches us the value of peace."
Isabel Allende
G
"War may be in our history, but peace must be in our future."
Gabriela Mistral
M
"War wounds not just the body but the collective conscience of humanity."
Magali Quispe Quispe
M
"War leaves scars that years cannot fully heal but wisdom can transform."
Magali Quispe Quispe
"War reveals humanity at its most honest and dishonest."
José Donoso