War Quotes

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

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"War teaches men lessons that peace cannot impart."
Homer
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"War reveals both the worst and best of human nature."
Homer
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"War is the failure of imagination dressed as necessity."
Pickering Edward
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"War begins in the heart before it ever reaches the battlefield."
Pickering Edward
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"War is the failure of all other arts."
Virgil
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"War leaves scars that generations must heal."
Virgil
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"War is the failure of all wisdom; yet sometimes it is necessary."
Homer
"War against ignorance is the noblest war."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
"War against injustice is the duty of all."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
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"War teaches us the terrible cost of forgetting that our enemies are also somebody's beloved."
Pickering Edward
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"War is what happens when we forget that conversation is always possible."
Pickering Edward
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"War is never the answer."
George Lemaitre
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"War is the failure of every other conversation."
Pickering Edward
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"War is the failure of imagination to find better solutions."
Pickering Edward
"War is the failure of diplomacy."
Steven Weinberg
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"War is the failure of diplomacy and reason."
Abdus Salam
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"War leaves scars that generations must heal."
Abdus Salam
"The war against ignorance is won not with weapons but with understanding."
Juan Maldacena
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"War and conflict arise from failure of understanding - all solutions are ultimately scientific."
Frank Wilczek
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"War is a failure of understanding; peace is its victory."
Abdus Salam
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"War teaches us the cost of failing to understand one another."
Abdus Salam
"War teaches humanity the cost of ignorance; science seeks to prevent that cost."
David Gross
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"War between ideas is necessary for progress."
George Zweig
"All the weapons of mass destruction are pointed at us. We need to think seriously about that."
Steven Weinberg
"War diverts resources from peaceful scientific endeavors."
David Gross
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"War diverts resources from the fundamental work of understanding our world."
Abdus Salam
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"War is the antithesis of the scientific spirit."
Abdus Salam
"War teaches us the necessity of peace; loss teaches us the value of life."
David Gross
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"War and conflict obscure the universal principles that unite all of nature and all of humanity."
Frank Wilczek
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"War is the failure of diplomacy."
Freeman Dyson