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title: "19 War Takes Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 19 War Takes quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best War Takes sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Every ape has a talent for war, takes a human to rise in peace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/every-ape-has-a-talent-for-war-takes-a-human-to-rise-in-peace/)

[Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/)

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> [“War takes so many more casualties than just the dead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-l-walker/war-takes-so-many-more-casualties-than-just-the-dead/)

[Katherine L. Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-l-walker/)

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> [War always takes you by surprise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjane-satrapi/war-always-takes-you-by-surprise/)

[Marjane Satrapi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjane-satrapi/)

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> [“War always takes your life, sometimes not all at once.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/war-always-takes-your-life-sometimes-not-all-at-once/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

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> [War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophocles/war-never-takes-a-wicked-man-by-chance-the-good-man-always/)

[Sophocles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophocles/)

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> [We will prevent war, whatever it takes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moon-jae-in/we-will-prevent-war-whatever-it-takes/)

[Moon Jae-in](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moon-jae-in/)

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> [When you're at war you do what it takes to win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-lapierre/when-you-re-at-war-you-do-what-it-takes-to-win/)

[Wayne LaPierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-lapierre/)

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> [“My father says it is the peacemakers who take the biggest risks. He says any fool can start a war. It takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-lafferty/my-father-says-it-is-the-peacemakers-who-take-the-biggest-risks-he/)

[Linda Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-lafferty/)

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> [“It doesn’t take a declaration, or an invasion, to start a war, all it takes is an ‘us’ and a ‘them.’ And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-palmer/it-doesn-t-take-a-declaration-or-an-invasion-to-start-a-war-all-it/)

[Ada Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-palmer/)

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> [“Victory!? There is no victory in war! War takes everything and gives nothing!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-r-lallo/victory-there-is-no-victory-in-war-war-takes-everything-and-gives/)

[Joseph R. Lallo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-r-lallo/)

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> [It takes a few to make war, but it takes a village and a nation to build peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abiy-ahmed/it-takes-a-few-to-make-war-but-it-takes-a-village-and-a-nation-to/)

[Abiy Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abiy-ahmed/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/abiy-ahmed-30624_build_it-takes-a-few-to-make-war-but-it-takes_3049199.jpg)

> [“Peace is such hard work. Harder than war. It takes way more effort to forgive than to kill.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-carson/peace-is-such-hard-work-harder-than-war-it-takes-way-more-effort-to/)

[Rae Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-carson/)

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> [“It’s a cruel fact of war that it takes little more than applying pressure to one finger to end another person’s life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-d-richardson/it-s-a-cruel-fact-of-war-that-it-takes-little-more-than-applying/)

[Trevor D. Richardson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-d-richardson/)

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> [The drone war takes place 24/7, 365 days a year. The war doesn't stop on Christmas. It's like being a fireman when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-w-singer/the-drone-war-takes-place-24-7-365-days-a-year-the-war-doesn-t-stop/)

[P. W. Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-w-singer/)

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> [War takes people's lives and destroys property, but it does not resolve the world's problems. If anything is achieved through war, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-van-voorhis/war-takes-people-s-lives-and-destroys-property-but-it-does-not/)

[Bruce Van Voorhis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-van-voorhis/)

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> [“Each day of war takes us farther from all we could hope to be or do. We gain nothing but heartbreak, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/each-day-of-war-takes-us-farther-from-all-we-could-hope-to-be-or-do/)

[Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/)

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> [I think all of us are agreed that war is probably man's greatest stupidity and I think peace is the dream that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/i-think-all-of-us-are-agreed-that-war-is-probably-man-s-greatest/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [A singular fact about modern war is that it takes charge. Once begun it has to be carried to its conclusion, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-catton/a-singular-fact-about-modern-war-is-that-it-takes-charge-once-begun/)

[Bruce Catton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-catton/)

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> [In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thucydides/in-peace-and-prosperity-states-and-individuals-have-better-sentiments/)

[Thucydides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thucydides/)

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