Quotes about War
I value peace, and I should unwillingly see any event take place which would render war a necessary resource.
— Thomas Jefferson
One war, such as that of our Revolution, is enough for one life.
— Thomas Jefferson
The war-function has grasped us so far; but the constructive interests may some day seem no less imperative, and impose on the individual a hardly lighter burden.
— William James
World War I was the most colossal, murderous, mismanaged butchery that has ever taken place on earth. Any writer who said otherwise lied, So the writers either wrote propaganda, shut up, or fought.
— Ernest Hemingway
In a war, the first casualty is human dignity.
— Paulo Coelho
War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity it destroys religion it destroys states it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.
— Martin Luther
Communism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declared war against Almighty God.
— Billy Graham
That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of Nations is as shocking as it is true...
— Thomas Paine
Surviving Is the only war we can afford.
— Margaret Atwood
The day when two army corps can annihilate each other in one second, all civilized nations, it is to be hoped, will recoil from war and discharge their troops.
— Alfred Nobel
Frankly I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
— Joseph Heller
We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom and our own error therein.
— Abraham Lincoln