War Quotes

"War is humanity's truest expression of what it values most."

"War is failure of imagination and triumph of brutality."

"War is the failure of every other institution."

"To write well about war, one must understand that it is more than conflict; it is human tragedy."

"War leaves scars upon the soul."

"War is the failure of civilization."

"One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."

"War is the admission that nations are criminals."

"War brings destruction to bodies and souls alike."

"Every war is fought over illusions that each side holds about the other."

"War reveals humanity's highest and lowest natures simultaneously."

"War is the failure of everything else we could have chosen."

"I hold that the cause of slavery is the cause of ignorance, and thus the cause of darkness."

"War leaves scars that can take generations to heal."

"War tests men and reveals their true nature, both noble and base."

"War brings out both the highest nobility and the deepest depravity in mankind."

"The true soldier fights not for glory, but for the principles he holds sacred."

"The battlefield of the mind is where our greatest victories and defeats are won."

"War is the most perfect expression of human folly."

"War reveals both the worst and best of human nature."

"War reveals both the nobility and baseness of human nature."

"War declares what peace has whispered."

"War is the harvest of accumulated wrongs and injustices."

"War teaches men that they are more fragile than they ever believed."

"An act of violence in a country keeps its soul alive."

"War is the continuation of politics by other means."

"War is the failure of human compassion."

"War brings out both the worst and the best in human nature."

"Wars, true wars, not mere affairs of posts and garrisons, must be carried on systematically."

"War is not fought by soldiers, but by humanity itself."