War Quotes

"Wars are fought over the control of symbols, not the control of things."

"War begins in the minds of men; so must peace."

"The tremendous power of a weapon of war has caused it to be treated as a thing to be independent of the moral agents involved."

"War teaches certainty to those incapable of bearing uncertainty."

"War is hell."

"War leaves scars."

"War teaches humanity's cruelty and nobility in equal, terrible measure"

"War reveals the heights and depths of human character in extreme circumstance"

"War is a failure of reason and imagination."

"War proves that humans have not yet learned to live together."

"War reveals both the depths of human cruelty and unexpected nobility."

"War is a failure of imagination and empathy."

"War teaches us the cost of failing at peace."

"War is what happens when language fails"

"War reveals both the depths of human cruelty and courage."

"War is the failure of imagination dressed in righteousness."

"War is what happens when dialogue becomes impossible."

"War teaches us the price of peace; if only we were willing to learn."

"War is what happens when dialogue fails; the question is whether we tried hard enough."

"The war that matters most is the civil war within ourselves."

"If the Nazis could be satisfied by a simple reform, nobody would need to be afraid."

"Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons."

"War is failure of imagination to find better solutions."

"War plants seeds of future wars; peace plants seeds of future freedom."

"War is the failure of every other form of human discourse."

"War reveals both the worst and sometimes unexpected nobility in human nature."

"War is the greatest teacher of the soul."

"Organized lying has become a political institution."

"The essence of totalitarianism is the elimination of the space between persons."

"War is the failure of human compassion."