--- title: "12 Ending War Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Ending War quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Ending War sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/685/carl-andrew-spaatz-73971_ifs_if-we-succeeded-we-will-have-the-primary_758604.jpg" --- > [If we succeeded, we will have the primary satisfaction of ending the war](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-andrew-spaatz/if-we-succeeded-we-will-have-the-primary-satisfaction-of-ending-the/) [Carl Andrew Spaatz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-andrew-spaatz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/685/carl-andrew-spaatz-73971_ifs_if-we-succeeded-we-will-have-the-primary_758604.jpg) > [I think I should get the Nobel Peace Prize before I die for ending the war between the sexes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-dodson/i-think-i-should-get-the-nobel-peace-prize-before-i-die-for-ending/) [Betty Dodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-dodson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e22/betty-dodson-15856_before-i-die_i-think-i-should-get-the-nobel-peace-pri_1449911.jpg) > [The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-quickest-way-of-ending-a-war-is-to-lose-it/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/george-orwell-57_war_the-quickest-way-of-ending-a-war-is-to-l_1818763.jpg) > [So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-quinn/so-instead-of-talking-about-theoretical-ways-of-ending-the-war-and/) [Colin Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-quinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85d/colin-quinn-11466_individual_so-instead-of-talking-about-theoretical_52711.jpg) > [Key to America's success in ending the War on Terror will be a continued partnership with one of our most important allies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronny-jackson/key-to-america-s-success-in-ending-the-war-on-terror-will-be-a/) [Ronny Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronny-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/ronny-jackson-5832_america_key-to-america-s-success-in-ending-the-w_1648317.jpg) > [It wasn't so easy though, ending the war. A war is a huge fire; the ashes from it drift far, and settle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/it-wasn-t-so-easy-though-ending-the-war-a-war-is-a-huge-fire-the/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/margaret-atwood-40_ashes_it-wasn-t-so-easy-though-ending-the-war_55896.jpg) > [We're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq with a representative government that was elected by its people. We're building a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-re-leaving-behind-a-sovereign-stable-and-self-reliant-iraq-with-a/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/barack-obama-17_achievement_we-re-leaving-behind-a-sovereign-stable_185095.jpg) > [Let me make my point about Vietnam. When the Nixon initiation came into office, there were 550,000 Americans in combat. And ending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-a-kissinger/let-me-make-my-point-about-vietnam-when-the-nixon-initiation-came/) [Henry A. Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-a-kissinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85a/henry-a-kissinger-1068_combat_let-me-make-my-point-about-vietnam-when_2549478.jpg) > [As professor of global peace studies at the International Islamic University of Malaysia I am committed to the ending of war also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-galtung/as-professor-of-global-peace-studies-at-the-international-islamic/) [Johan Galtung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-galtung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2df/johan-galtung-33669_aggressive_as-professor-of-global-peace-studies-at_1594458.jpg) > [America going into this huge, costly, never-ending war created huge debt, which became a huge problem in Congress and led to it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/america-going-into-this-huge-costly-never-ending-war-created-huge/) [Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/karan-mahajan-6691_different_america-going-into-this-huge-costly-neve_1400347.jpg) > [To me, you can't win. You can't win. There's a war in Iraq; there's no way that they're ending that. The war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/to-me-you-can-t-win-you-can-t-win-there-s-a-war-in-iraq-there-s-no/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91d/lupe-fiasco-1146_afghanistan_to-me-you-can-t-win-you-can-t-win-there_476983.png) > [With empathy you know in your heart that it's not a sign of weakness to attempt to understand that the people we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/with-empathy-you-know-in-your-heart-that-it-s-not-a-sign-of-weakness/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3d/wayne-dyer-158_empathy_with-empathy-you-know-in-your-heart-that_351149.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ending-war/#itemlist", "name": "Ending War Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": 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