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title: "11 Stop Wars Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Stop Wars quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Stop Wars sayings and thoughts."
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> [The most important thing today is to stop US wars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuri-kochiyama/the-most-important-thing-today-is-to-stop-us-wars/)

[Yuri Kochiyama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuri-kochiyama/)

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> [“Kings have the power to stop wars. The power to start wars too.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-a-larson/kings-have-the-power-to-stop-wars-the-power-to-start-wars-too/)

[M.A. Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-a-larson/)

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> [The EU will not stop wars: it wants an army to fight them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-redwood/the-eu-will-not-stop-wars-it-wants-an-army-to-fight-them/)

[John Redwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-redwood/)

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> [Peace does not mean just to stop wars, but also to stop oppression and injustice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tawakkol-karman/peace-does-not-mean-just-to-stop-wars-but-also-to-stop-oppression-and/)

[Tawakkol Karman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tawakkol-karman/)

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> [It's hard to stop wars, and it's hard to stop the abuse of the planet and all of those things. I guess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-lifeson/it-s-hard-to-stop-wars-and-it-s-hard-to-stop-the-abuse-of-the-planet/)

[Alex Lifeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-lifeson/)

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> [My Country's trying to save the World, stop the wars, relieve the poor, feed the hungry, heal the sick and liberate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berg/my-country-s-trying-to-save-the-world-stop-the-wars-relieve-the-poor/)

[David Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berg/)

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> [You can't stop wars to build tertiary teaching hospitals, but you can say, 'Let's stop for a couple of days to immunise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-berkley/you-can-t-stop-wars-to-build-tertiary-teaching-hospitals-but-you-can/)

[Seth Berkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-berkley/)

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> [If we are going to stop wars on this earth, we are going to have to make war on hunger our number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/if-we-are-going-to-stop-wars-on-this-earth-we-are-going-to-have-to/)

[David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/)

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> [Colorful demonstrations and weekend marches are vital but alone are not powerful enough to stop wars. Wars will be stopped only when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/colorful-demonstrations-and-weekend-marches-are-vital-but-alone-are/)

[Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/arundhati-roy-346_anti-war_colorful-demonstrations-and-weekend-marc_2980540.png)

> [If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/if-a-sufficient-number-of-people-who-wanted-to-stop-war-really-did/)

[G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/)

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> [Change can only come from local citizens and politicians - it cannot be imposed by well-meaning foreigners - not least because a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-stewart/change-can-only-come-from-local-citizens-and-politicians-it-cannot-be/)

[Rory Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-stewart/)

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