War Quotes

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

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"All oppression creates a state of war."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"War is the profession of a man unfit for peace."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"War is a way of life if one accepts the absurdity of existence."
Albert Camus
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"A state of slavery is a state of war."
Montesquieu
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"When the rich make war, the poor die."
Montesquieu
J
"War is simply the failure of diplomacy and human understanding."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"War is a continuation of politics by other means—and women have always been its first victims."
Simone de Beauvoir
J
"War is the result of failed communication and understanding."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"In this country it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others."
Voltaire
A
"War is the confession that no ideas have won the day."
Albert Camus
J
"War is when humans fully embrace their own nature."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"Wars are easier entered into than quitted."
Montesquieu
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"War is the science of destruction."
Denis Diderot
J
"War is the failure of diplomacy and the triumph of pride."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"War brings nothing but sorrow."
Pierre Corneille
P
"War destroys what peace builds."
Pierre Corneille
J
"War is the failure of wisdom."
Jean Racine
J
"War produces only ruins and tears."
Jean Racine
V
"War is the trade of princes."
Voltaire
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"War destroys more than it conquers."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"War is the failure of all human discourse."
Denis Diderot
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"War may be sometimes necessary, but peace is always preferable."
Pierre Corneille
P
"War leaves scars on the soul that peace cannot fully heal."
Pierre Corneille
J
"Wars begin in the minds of men."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
J
"War teaches us that peace is infinitely more precious than victory."
Jean Racine
V
"Wars would never begin if the dead could return."
Voltaire
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"War creates the most profound losses"
Arthur Rimbaud
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"War is humanity's greatest failure"
Arthur Rimbaud
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"War is hell, and peace is heaven."
Paul Verlaine
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"War brings out the worst in humanity."
Paul Verlaine