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Thought-Provoking Quotes On War

Human beings have been fighting wars since prehistory, ever since the notions of territory and ownership came into existence. We often read about the exploits of great kings and generals on the pages of books, and yet, we all can agree that war brings death and destruction on both sides. As we human beings have developed more advanced technology, our wars have become more devastating and further-reaching. While some have tried to justify wars by terming them as 'necessary evils' that sprout from conflicts of interest between two parties striving for existence, the Earth is bountiful enough to provide for the entire human race if we are only able to see past our greed. Moreover, history has shown us that even non-violence can achieve a lot if channeled properly. As new conflicts stir parts of the world each day, let us go through the thought-provoking quotes on war below.

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.
Mark Twain

War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
George Orwell

War is what happens when language fails.

War is what happens when language fails.
Margaret Atwood

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein

Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.

Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.
Herbert Hoover

Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Plato

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Sun Tzu

Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars.

Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars.
Haruki Murakami

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
Ernest Hemingway

All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.

All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.
John Steinbeck

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.
Charles Lamb

My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.
Aung San Suu Kyi

I have never before, in my long and eclectic career, been gifted with such an abundance of natural beauty as I experienced filming 'War Horse' on Dartmoor.

I have never before, in my long and eclectic career, been gifted with such an abundance of natural beauty as I experienced filming 'War Horse' on Dartmoor.
Steven Spielberg

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.
Aung San Suu Kyi

My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel.

My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel.
Roseanne Barr

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.
Thor Heyerdahl

I made 'Saving Private Ryan' for my father. He's the one who filled my head with war stories when I was growing up.

I made 'Saving Private Ryan' for my father. He's the one who filled my head with war stories when I was growing up.
Steven Spielberg

When the rich wage war it's the poor who die.

When the rich wage war it's the poor who die.
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre

War is over ... If you want it.
John Lennon

They're in love. Fuck the war.
Thomas Pynchon

If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.

If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
Leo Tolstoy

Before statehood was achieved, Syria and Egypt had their tanks and military equipment lined up to invade Tel Aviv and destroy it; but the Israelis scrambled together an air force, some of it from old Second World War Messerschmidts, and the invasion was halted.
Steven Spielberg

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win
Sun Tzu

How is it possible to have a civil war?
George Carlin

The Japanese had a very strong belief in Bushido, death before dishonour. They were fighting for their country; they were the aggressors in World War II.

The Japanese had a very strong belief in Bushido, death before dishonour. They were fighting for their country; they were the aggressors in World War II.
Steven Spielberg

For the most part, everybody who fights in war fights to survive.

For the most part, everybody who fights in war fights to survive.
Steven Spielberg

I followed the war wherever I could reach it.

I followed the war wherever I could reach it.
Martha Gellhorn

People often tell me how much they love the digital skies that we obviously painted for 'War Horse.' Well, there's not a single sky that we put in through special effects. The skies you see in the movie are the skies that we experienced - but it was definitely challenging at times.
Steven Spielberg

Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.

Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.
Lewis Carroll

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
Albert Einstein