War Quotes

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

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"War is the refuge of the incompetent politician"
Guy de Maupassant
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"War is not a sport."
George Sand
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"To understand war is to understand the failure of imagination."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"War is the science of destroying men and materials."
Stendhal
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"War is like love, it always finds a way."
Stendhal
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"War is the last resort of those who have failed at peace."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"War leaves scars that generations must heal."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"War reveals both the worst and best in humanity."
Guy de Maupassant
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"War is the failure of human imagination and compassion."
Victor Leconte de Lisle
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"War teaches us the value of peace through bitter experience."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"War proves that diplomacy is far more valuable than bullets."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"War is the province of chance and uncertainty."
Stendhal
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"In conflict, it is not victory but understanding that brings lasting peace."
Guy de Maupassant
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"War is the language of those who have exhausted the vocabulary of peace."
Guy de Maupassant
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"War is a failure of understanding and wisdom."
Ann Radcliffe
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"War is a failure of the human spirit; peace is its triumph."
George Sand
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"War is a tragedy; the only victory is when it ends."
George Sand
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"War is the greatest failure of humanity."
Frances Burney
"War is the failure of diplomacy."
Daniel Defoe
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"War is the continuation of politics by other means."
Laurence Sterne
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"War is the failure of diplomacy."
Laurence Sterne
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"War teaches what peace takes generations to forget."
Ann Radcliffe
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"War creates widows, orphans, and historical narratives."
Ann Radcliffe
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"Wars are made by people who do not understand what they are talking about."
Stendhal
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"War is the failure of civilization to resolve its disputes."
Henry Fielding
"War is the refuge of those who have failed at peace."
Daniel Defoe
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"Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier."
Stendhal
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"War teaches what peace cannot—the value of peace itself."
Frances Burney
"In our time of peace, let us remember the cost of war."
Daniel Defoe
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"We are all sleeping while others wage war for us."
Jonathan Swift