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
"War teaches us what peace cannot: the value of what we take for granted."Kate Chopin
"War is capitalism with the gloves off."Upton Sinclair
"War is the failure of all other means of communication."Jack London
"War reveals both humanity's cruelty and its capacity for courage."Mary Wilkins Freeman
"War is the failure of diplomacy and the triumph of folly."Booth Tarkington
"War scarifies the soul in ways peace cannot heal."Booth Tarkington
"The war against poverty requires the same dedication as the war against military enemies."Upton Sinclair
"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
"War makes thieves and peace hangs them."O. Henry
"War proves nothing except that whoever is stronger is stronger."Booth Tarkington
"War is the resort of those too lazy to think of better solutions."Upton Sinclair
"War proves that we have failed at civilization."Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"War is the science of destruction."O. Henry
"War is a nice quick way to test the mettle of your country."Gertrude Stein
"War is the failure of diplomacy and the triumph of ego."Booth Tarkington
"The primitive method of settling disputes is to fight."Jack London
"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
"War is the health of the state."Ezra Pound
"The most subtle battles are often the ones with the fewest witnesses."Ezra Pound
"Wars are made to make people forget and we want them to remember."Gertrude Stein
"War teaches us the value of peace through its terrible lessons."Booth Tarkington
"War is a continuation of politics by other means."Carl Sandburg
"Wars are made to make debt."Ezra Pound
"War teaches us the value of peace but at terrible cost."Booth Tarkington