--- title: "31 Civil Wars Quotes by 29 authors" description: "Browse 31 Civil Wars quotes by 29 authors. Discover the best Civil Wars sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/baron-de-montesquieu-3012_christ_there-have-never-been-so-many-civil-wars_604154.png" --- > [There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baron-de-montesquieu/there-have-never-been-so-many-civil-wars-as-in-the-kingdom-of-christ/) [Baron de Montesquieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baron-de-montesquieu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/baron-de-montesquieu-3012_christ_there-have-never-been-so-many-civil-wars_604154.png) > [Or maybe it's time to broaden out some of the African civil wars?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-phillips/or-maybe-it-s-time-to-broaden-out-some-of-the-african-civil-wars/) [Marie Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/marie-phillips-28359_africa_or-maybe-it-s-time-to-broaden-out-some-o_1294882.png) > [Rich countries do civil wars with tweets and votes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/rich-countries-do-civil-wars-with-tweets-and-votes/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a2/van-jones-984_civil-war_rich-countries-do-civil-wars-with-tweets_295362.png) > [Even if Iraq IS a civil war, people have won civil wars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/newt-gingrich/even-if-iraq-is-a-civil-war-people-have-won-civil-wars/) [Newt Gingrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/newt-gingrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/newt-gingrich-792_civil-war_even-if-iraq-is-a-civil-war-people-have_1400897.jpg) > [All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-fenelon/all-wars-are-civil-wars-because-all-men-are-brothers/) [Francois Fenelon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-fenelon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/francois-fenelon-2077_brothers_all-wars-are-civil-wars-because-all-men_1427320.png) > [Civil wars leave nothing but tombs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/civil-wars-leave-nothing-but-tombs/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/alphonse-de-lamartine-3047_civil-war_civil-wars-leave-nothing-but-tombs-25139_2513973.png) > [In countries where there are real civil wars, people go through a lot, and we should be willing to go through a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/in-countries-where-there-are-real-civil-wars-people-go-through-a-lot/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/194/van-jones-984_civil-war_in-countries-where-there-are-real-civil_571295.png) > [“The only wars here will be civil wars, and those are like killing your own mother.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/the-only-wars-here-will-be-civil-wars-and-those-are-like-killing-your/) [Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_civil-war_the-only-wars-here-will-be-civil-wars-an_2094188.jpg) > [Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-ayittey/virtually-all-of-africa-s-civil-wars-were-started-by-politically/) [George Ayittey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-ayittey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/george-ayittey-17835_civil-war_virtually-all-of-africa-s-civil-wars-wer_1680581.png) > [“Civil Wars happen when the victimized are armed. Genocide happens when they are not.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-samaan/civil-wars-happen-when-the-victimized-are-armed-genocide-happens-when/) [A.E. Samaan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-samaan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/a-e-samaan-22058_bill-of-rights_civil-wars-happen-when-the-victimized-ar_1430306.jpg) > [Civil wars are the greatest of evils. They are inevitable, if we wish to reward merit, for all will say that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/civil-wars-are-the-greatest-of-evils-they-are-inevitable-if-we-wish/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/blaise-pascal-167_civil-war_civil-wars-are-the-greatest-of-evils-the_3142018.jpg) > [the worst wars are religious wars between sects of the same religion or civil wars between brothers of the same race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-worst-wars-are-religious-wars-between-sects-of-the-same-religion/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ac/ayn-rand-59_brother_the-worst-wars-are-religious-wars-betwee_683763.jpg) > [“Why do they call them civil wars when they always are so extraordinarily uncivil?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-fitch/why-do-they-call-them-civil-wars-when-they-always-are-so/) [Elizabeth Fitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-fitch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/elizabeth-fitch-235366_civil-war_why-do-they-call-them-civil-wars-when-th_2504532.jpg) > [“The human race is a family. Men are brothers. All wars are civil wars. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adlai-stevenson/the-human-race-is-a-family-men-are-brothers-all-wars-are-civil-wars/) [Adlai Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adlai-stevenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/adlai-stevenson-32881_civil-war_the-human-race-is-a-family-men-are-broth_1237095.jpg) > [“Widespread violence against civilians also demonstrated that the Spanish Civil War was, sadly enough, not a unique case in modern history: such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-jensen/widespread-violence-against-civilians-also-demonstrated-that-the/) [Geoffrey Jensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-jensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/geoffrey-jensen-48213_civil-war_widespread-violence-against-civilians-al_1435712.jpg) > [You will have to go through 15, 20, 50 years of civil wars and national struggles not only to bring about a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/you-will-have-to-go-through-15-20-50-years-of-civil-wars-and-national/) [Karl Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-marx/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/karl-marx-399_change_you-will-have-to-go-through-15-20-50-yea_1108491.jpg) > [It is true that large parts of the world have not had to endure state-to-state wars for decades. The majority of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-macmillan/it-is-true-that-large-parts-of-the-world-have-not-had-to-endure-state/) [Margaret MacMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-macmillan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87e/margaret-macmillan-5907_civil-war_it-is-true-that-large-parts-of-the-world_2324923.jpg) > [The tragedy of civil wars in countries like Angola and Mozambique is that they left many civilians maimed. Poverty is the reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/the-tragedy-of-civil-wars-in-countries-like-angola-and-mozambique-is/) [Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/miriam-makeba-14520_aids_the-tragedy-of-civil-wars-in-countries-l_1379436.jpg) > [We've gone thorough religious wars and civil wars. America has gone through slavery, we've all gone through two world wars, segregation. Ultimately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scheuer/we-ve-gone-thorough-religious-wars-and-civil-wars-america-has-gone/) [Michael Scheuer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scheuer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/021/michael-scheuer-7471_america_we-ve-gone-thorough-religious-wars-and-c_549225.png) > [ The foreign policy, you have to know how to pick and choose. There's no way, if Saddam \[Hussein\] had not had weapons… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kasich/the-foreign-policy-you-have-to-know-how-to-pick-and-choose-there-s-no/) [John Kasich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kasich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/john-kasich-1650_believe_the-foreign-policy-you-have-to-know-how_3042082.jpg) > [There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/there-are-lots-of-countries-that-are-having-these-kinds-of-internal/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/colin-powell-691_about_there-are-lots-of-countries-that-are-hav_2710987.jpg) > [Liberty may be of no more use Than stirring up the flame of civil wars; Then, by disorder fatal to the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-corneille/liberty-may-be-of-no-more-use-than-stirring-up-the-flame-of-civil/) [Pierre Corneille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-corneille/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/pierre-corneille-2033_civil-war_liberty-may-be-of-no-more-use-than-stirr_3027754.jpg) > [Taxation, the very thing that had triggered the British civil wars, would do so again, this time in America. The taxes may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-schama/taxation-the-very-thing-that-had-triggered-the-british-civil-wars/) [Simon Schama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-schama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/simon-schama-4492_america_taxation-the-very-thing-that-had-trigger_41715.jpg) > [“Civil wars...are the best wars for the writer...because they have a way of continuing long afterwl wars between nations are resolved; because,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-ellison/civil-wars-are-the-best-wars-for-the-writer-because-they-have-a-way/) [Ralph Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc8/ralph-ellison-2676_civil-war_civil-wars-are-the-best-wars-for-the-wri_27151.png) > [“When I first went to Rwanda, I was reading a book called Civil War, which had been receiving great critical acclaim. Writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/when-i-first-went-to-rwanda-i-was-reading-a-book-called-civil-war/) [Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/philip-gourevitch-17484_books_when-i-first-went-to-rwanda-i-was-readin_2476875.jpg) > [Thousands of Liberians settled in the United States in the 1990s and early 2000s when their country was devastated by Civil Wars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-phillips/thousands-of-liberians-settled-in-the-united-states-in-the-1990s-and/) [Dean Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/dean-phillips-5902_1990s_thousands-of-liberians-settled-in-the-un_1008970.jpg) > [“I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/i-can-assure-you-that-no-kingdom-has-ever-had-as-many-civil-wars-as/) [Montesquieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montesquieu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/montesquieu-19593_christendom_i-can-assure-you-that-no-kingdom-has-eve_2044929.jpg) > [“When you have a strong conservative streak in your society,” Zeyk would say, “which detaches itself from the progressive streak, that’s when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-stanley-robinson/when-you-have-a-strong-conservative-streak-in-your-society-zeyk-would/) [Kim Stanley Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-stanley-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cab/kim-stanley-robinson-2148_civil-war_when-you-have-a-strong-conservative-stre_1666717.jpg) > [“Reflecting on the recurrent civil wars of the Late Republic, Sallust said, “It is this spirit which has commonly ruined great nations,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-duncan/reflecting-on-the-recurrent-civil-wars-of-the-late-republic-sallust/) [Mike Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-duncan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/mike-duncan-49742_civil-war_reflecting-on-the-recurrent-civil-wars-o_1972897.png) > [All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/all-wars-are-civil-wars-because-all-men-are-brothers-each-one-owes/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f53/anonymous-1_born_all-wars-are-civil-wars-because-all-men_787644.jpg) > [A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kasich/a-great-power-has-to-have-the-discipline-not-only-to-go-when/) [John Kasich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kasich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/john-kasich-1650_civil-war_a-great-power-has-to-have-the-discipline_1371586.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civil-wars/#itemlist", "name": "Civil Wars Quotes", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Baron de Montesquieu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baron-de-montesquieu/there-have-never-been-so-many-civil-wars-as-in-the-kingdom-of-christ/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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