War Quotes

"During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe they are in that condition which is called war and such a war as is of every man against every man" "War is a defeat for humanity" "Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice" "As an adherent of nonviolence, I cannot consistently support war." "In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns the rattle of musketry the strange mournful mutter of the battlefield" "It is easier to start a war than to end it" "Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace I would gladly yield every honor which has been accorded me in war" "I see my crucifixion and my death in every great defensive war fought by my people" "The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others." "The sinews of war are infinite money" "He who has been a soldier carries with him a memory mercilessly imprinted in him, and it will never leave him" "Imperfection is inherited, therefore we all sin. But fighting the war of sin is the greatest war of all." "The history of failure in war can almost be summed up in two words: too late" "There are no atheists in the foxholes" "In the last few decades we have managed to rein in famine, plague, and war" "Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons." "The worst enemy of peace is indifference." "The eyes of fire, the nostrils of air, the mouth of war" "There is no such thing as inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom." "The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments in times of peace and security. "