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 science of destroying our own citizens for the benefit of others."
Hume, David
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"Warfare is the art of governing men."
Descartes, René
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"Whosoever is found to be a stirrer-up of rebellion is guilty of the greatest wrong to mankind."
Locke, John
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"War is the failure of wisdom; peace is its triumph."
Al-Ghazali
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"War destroys what civilization builds; peace allows it to grow."
Al-Ghazali
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"Do not wage war unless all other remedies have failed."
Maimonides
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"War is the failure of wisdom."
Al-Ghazali
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"War is the failure of understanding; peace is its triumph."
Avicenna
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"Wars, when just, are generally short; when unjust, are often long."
Hume, David
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"War is justified only in the pursuit of justice and peace."
Averroes
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"War is the harvest of tyranny and despotism."
Descartes, René
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"War is a failure of wisdom; it proves only that reason has been abandoned."
Avicenna
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"War is the failure of wisdom; peace is its greatest triumph."
Al-Ghazali
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"War scars the earth and the human spirit; peace heals both."
Al-Ghazali
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"War is the work of darkness; peace is the work of light."
Augustine of Hippo
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"War leaves scars that words cannot heal."
Augustine of Hippo
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"War is justified only in defense of the vulnerable and the innocent."
Averroes
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"War may sometimes be necessary, but peace is always the highest good."
Averroes
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"Wars are not paid for in gold; they are paid for in blood."
Cicero
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"Wars are not made in the halls of power but in the hearts of men."
Augustine of Hippo
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"The soldier who questions his orders exercises greater wisdom than blind obedience."
Averroes
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"War is justified only when all other remedies have failed and the cause is righteous."
Averroes
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"War is the science of destruction."
Seneca
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"In war, truth is the first casualty."
Augustine of Hippo
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"War never leaves where it found a nation."
Cicero
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"War between nations is often merely the consequence of philosophical confusion allowed to fester unexamined."
Averroes
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"War is born from the pride of men."
Mencius
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"Laws are silent in times of war."
Cicero
"There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent."
Laozi
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"War against evil must begin within the human heart."
Mencius