10,941 Quotes About War

From an early age children play 'cowboys and Indians',Nobody ever plays 'UN peacekeeping force'. (From: Kinderpraat)

War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy. His wife and children may be shoeless; someone will always buy him drink or weapons.

War is a worthless action.

If we devour each other, we end up destroying one another.

There is no calm in war…no peace.

Nobility is a lie. A pretence that high standing comes from anything more than money or martial prowess. Any dolt can play the noble, and as you'll discover in time, daughter, it's mostly dolts who do.

Nevertheless, there is a queer quality in that time [The Medieval Age]; which, while it was international was also internal and intimate. War, in the wide modern sense, is possible, not because more men disagree, but because more men agree.

كل الحروب تنتهي يا صغيرتي. على أرض الواقع، جميعها ستنتهي إن عاجلاً أو آجلاً، لكن في نفوس من عايشها ستبقى على الدوام حاضرة في المخيلة وآثارها قابلة لأن تشعري بها. وحدهم من ماتوا قد شهدوا نهاية الحروب كما يقال.

This world has no need for weapons,Which soon turn on themselves.Where armies camp, nettles grow;After each war, years of famine.The most fruitful outcomeDoes not depend on force,But succeeds without arroganceWithout hostilityWithout prideWithout resistanceWithout violence.