War Quotes

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

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"I have desired peace, and built war instead."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"War teaches us what peace cannot: the value of what we take for granted."
Kate Chopin
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"War is capitalism with the gloves off."
Upton Sinclair
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"War is the failure of all other means of communication."
Jack London
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"War reveals both humanity's cruelty and its capacity for courage."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"War is the failure of diplomacy and the triumph of folly."
Booth Tarkington
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"War scarifies the soul in ways peace cannot heal."
Booth Tarkington
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"The war against poverty requires the same dedication as the war against military enemies."
Upton Sinclair
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"War solves nothing that peace cannot solve better."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
"War is never the answer."
Sherwood Anderson
"War leaves scars that last generations."
Sherwood Anderson
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"War makes thieves and peace hangs them."
O. Henry
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"War proves nothing except that whoever is stronger is stronger."
Booth Tarkington
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"War is the resort of those too lazy to think of better solutions."
Upton Sinclair
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"War proves that we have failed at civilization."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"War is the science of destruction."
O. Henry
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"War is a nice quick way to test the mettle of your country."
Gertrude Stein
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"War is the failure of diplomacy and the triumph of ego."
Booth Tarkington
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"The primitive method of settling disputes is to fight."
Jack London
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"War is the health of the state, but the sickness of the people."
Upton Sinclair
"War teaches what peace must prevent: the value of life."
Sherwood Anderson
"War reveals the worst in humanity so peace can reveal the best."
Sherwood Anderson
"War proves that civilization is always only temporary."
Sherwood Anderson
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"War is the health of the state."
Ezra Pound
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"The most subtle battles are often the ones with the fewest witnesses."
Ezra Pound
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"Wars are made to make people forget and we want them to remember."
Gertrude Stein
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"War teaches us the value of peace through its terrible lessons."
Booth Tarkington
"War is a continuation of politics by other means."
Carl Sandburg
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"Wars are made to make debt."
Ezra Pound
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"War teaches us the value of peace but at terrible cost."
Booth Tarkington