War Quotes

"Violence is not the answer, but it is the language the world speaks."

"War is the ultimate failure of human imagination and compassion."

"You're in the Army now. You can't trust anyone here."

"There's nothing funny about war, except for the absurdity that creates it."

"War is the ultimate failure of reason and communication."

"War exposes the lies we tell ourselves about civilization."

"Wars are fought by those who have the least to gain and those who command have the most to lose, which is a curious inversion."

"War is the ultimate failure of human communication and understanding."

"Slaughterhouse-Five is somewhat dominated by two things: an intense depiction of the horrors of war, and an almost talmudic human dignity."

"Wars are fought by the young for the mistakes of the old."

"War is what happens when words fail."

"The best way to understand a society is to study its wars."

"War is obsolete"

"If you wish to examine war, examine history. That alone should convince you of its terrible nature."

"War is the failure of civilization."

"Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage."

"War is the most significant human activity because it demands everything from those who wage it."

"War teaches us about human nature in ways peace never can."

"The worst thing that can happen in a war is not death."

"Everybody's running around with nuclear weapons in their pockets like they're carrying petulant children"

"The war on drugs is a war on people."

"The only war worth fighting is the war against ignorance."

"War is the failure of human understanding."

"War is the failure of imagination."

"War is the continuation of politics by other means enacted by fools"

"War teaches us what peace cannot."

"War is the failure of wisdom."

"War is decay, and humans are slimy bacteria all the same."

"Wars happen in the mind first then in the world"

"War is the failure of imagination and compassion"