10,941 Quotes About War
- Author Robert A. Heinlein
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Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.
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- Author Yuval Noah Harari
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In 2012 about 56 million people died throughout the world; 620,000 of them died due to human violence (war killed 120,000 people, and crime killed another 500,000). In contrast, 800,000 committed suicide, and 1.5 million died of diabetes. Sugar is now more dangerous than gunpowder.
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- Author Chris Hedges
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Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.
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- Author Naomi Klein
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Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves.
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- Author Steven Galloway
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A weapon does not decide whether or not to kill. A weapon is a manifestation of a decision that has already been made.
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- Author Uzodinma Iweala
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I'm walking walking walking to where the sun is setting. I'm looking at it and wanting to catch it in my hand and to be squeezing until color are dripping out from it forever. That way everywhere it is always dark and nobody is ever having to see any of the terrible thing that is happening in this world.
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- Author Brian K. Vaughan
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When a man carries an instrument of violence, he'll always find the justification to use it. If we really want to escape this war, we have to stop bringing it with us.
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- Author Ian McEwan
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She knew enough to recognize that memories were crowding in, and there was nothing he could do. They wouldn’t let him speak. She would never know what scenes were driving that turmoil.
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- Author Tom Robbins
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There is a comfort in conformity, a security in control, that is appealing. There is a thrill in domination, and we are all secretly attracted to violence.
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