War Quotes
Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.
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"War is the failure of all that is civilized within us."Padraig Colum
"To understand war, one must understand human nature in its darkest form."Saramago
"War teaches us what peace is worth."Luís de Camões
"War is the failure of diplomacy"Patrick Kavanagh
"Wars are fought by those who will not fight themselves."Fernando Pessoa
"War is the failure of imagination."John Banville
"War is always the failure of imagination."José María de Eça de Queirós
"War begins when we forget how to listen to each other's stories."Austin Clarke
"War solves nothing but creates more problems."Seamus Heaney
"War diminishes the soul of nations and men."Padraig Colum
"War begins in the hearts of those who have forgotten their kinship."Austin Clarke
"War teaches us what we should have learned from peace."Patrick Kavanagh
"War is what happens when human beings forget how to speak to one another."Patrick Kavanagh
"War does not determine who is right, only who is left."Christy Brown
"War is the ultimate confession that words have become inadequate."José María de Eça de Queirós
"War does not determine who is right; only who is left."Seán Ó Faoláin
"War does not determine who is right, only who is left"Frank O'Connor
"War is the failure of imagination"Patrick Kavanagh
"War begins in the human heart before it reaches the battlefield"Patrick Kavanagh
"I respect all men who die in war but not all wars in which men die."Brendan Behan
"War proves that man has learned nothing from history"Patrick Kavanagh
"War is a disease that destroys the soul of humanity."Sean O'Casey
"War leaves scars that take generations to heal."Sean O'Casey
"War is the failure of imagination and compassion."Frank O'Connor
"War damages not just bodies but souls and societies."Frank O'Connor
"War destroys not just buildings but the soul of nations."Seán Ó Faoláin
"War is the failure of all other forms of communication."Sean O'Casey
"War teaches us what we don't want to become; stories remind us what we could be."Frank O'Connor
"War is fought not only on battlefields, but in the human heart against itself."Christy Brown
"War is the failure of peace."Sean O'Casey