--- title: "16 Wars People Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 16 Wars People quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Wars People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/albert-camus-47_history_there-have-been-as-many-plagues-as-wars_1497048.jpg" --- > [“There have been as many plagues as wars in history; yet always plagues and wars take people equally by surprise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/there-have-been-as-many-plagues-as-wars-in-history-yet-always-plagues/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/albert-camus-47_history_there-have-been-as-many-plagues-as-wars_1497048.jpg) > [“The wars of people will be more terrible than those of kings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-s-churchill/the-wars-of-people-will-be-more-terrible-than-those-of-kings/) [Winston S. Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-s-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/winston-s-churchill-9737_war_the-wars-of-people-will-be-more-terrible_2141442.jpg) > [Just as the world cannot live on wars, so people cannot on revolutions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/just-as-the-world-cannot-live-on-wars-so-people-cannot-on-revolutions/) [Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/adolf-hitler-253_dictator_just-as-the-world-cannot-live-on-wars-so_497564.jpg) > [History isn't about dates and places and wars. It's about the people who fill the spaces between them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/history-isn-t-about-dates-and-places-and-wars-it-s-about-the-people/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/jodi-picoult-45_history_history-isn-t-about-dates-and-places-and_2298502.jpg) > [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) > [lack of self-esteem is what causes wars because people who really love themselves don't go out and try to fight other people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/lack-of-self-esteem-is-what-causes-wars-because-people-who-really/) [Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/oprah-winfrey-186_causes_lack-of-self-esteem-is-what-causes-wars_279056.png) > [There are good points about all... wars. People forget self. The virtues of magnanimity, courage, patriotism, etc., are called into life. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutherford-b-hayes/there-are-good-points-about-all-wars-people-forget-self-the-virtues/) [Rutherford B. Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutherford-b-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/rutherford-b-hayes-3486_character_there-are-good-points-about-all-wars-peo_1220790.jpg) > [“Sebastian will never fight wars, but it's because of people like him that the rest of us don't have to fight as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-milan/sebastian-will-never-fight-wars-but-it-s-because-of-people-like-him/) [Courtney Milan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courtney-milan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/897/courtney-milan-1611_war_sebastian-will-never-fight-wars-but-it-s_1076856.png) > [I wish everyone was a sci-fi geek because then there would be no violence in the world. There'd be no wars. There'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-christian/i-wish-everyone-was-a-sci-fi-geek-because-then-there-would-be-no/) [Claudia Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-christian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/claudia-christian-25907_geek_i-wish-everyone-was-a-sci-fi-geek-becaus_320689.png) > [9/11, the wars and terrorism have affected all of us in different ways: people who lost family on 9/11, the people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-boal/9-11-the-wars-and-terrorism-have-affected-all-of-us-in-different-ways/) [Mark Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-boal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9a/mark-boal-27861_affected_9-11-the-wars-and-terrorism-have-affecte_2607023.jpg) > [“There had been as many plagues in the world as there had been wars, yet plagues and wars always find people equelly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/there-had-been-as-many-plagues-in-the-world-as-there-had-been-wars/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/albert-camus-47_war_there-had-been-as-many-plagues-in-the-wo_2156121.jpg) > [“Where there are repeated wars, the people are weakened; when they score repeated victories, rulers become haughty. Let haughty rulers command weakened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/where-there-are-repeated-wars-the-people-are-weakened-when-they-score/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/sun-tzu-283_war_where-there-are-repeated-wars-the-people_1653299.jpg) > [Dad was the generation that fought in both world wars, and people married rather later when they had been in the trenches.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/dad-was-the-generation-that-fought-in-both-world-wars-and-people/) [Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/prunella-scales-12397_dad_dad-was-the-generation-that-fought-in-bo_2406453.jpg) > [“Let me tell you the truth about the world to which you so desperately want to return. It is a place of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-connolly/let-me-tell-you-the-truth-about-the-world-to-which-you-so-desperately-2/) [John Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-connolly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/john-connolly-1479_children_let-me-tell-you-the-truth-about-the-worl_1191508.png) > [“Let me tell you the truth about the world to which you so desperately want to return. It is a place of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-connolly/let-me-tell-you-the-truth-about-the-world-to-which-you-so-desperately/) [John Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-connolly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8a/john-connolly-1479_children_let-me-tell-you-the-truth-about-the-worl_1128332.jpg) > [In the World Wars, people were perfectly able to shoot other people just because they belonged to the wrong country, without ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/in-the-world-wars-people-were-perfectly-able-to-shoot-other-people/) [Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/richard-dawkins-115_able_in-the-world-wars-people-were-perfectly_1671165.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wars-people/#itemlist", "name": "Wars People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There have been as many plagues as wars in history; yet always plagues and wars take people equally by surprise.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Camus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/there-have-been-as-many-plagues-as-wars-in-history-yet-always-plagues/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/albert-camus-47_history_there-have-been-as-many-plagues-as-wars_1497048.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/albert-camus-47_history_there-have-been-as-many-plagues-as-wars_1497048.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/albert-camus-47_history_there-have-been-as-many-plagues-as-wars_1497048.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There have been as many plagues as wars in history; yet always plagues and wars take people equally by…” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The wars of people will be more terrible than those of kings.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Winston S. 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My mum was an actress and he saw her in a show in London and they married. 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There were wars before it, and there will be wars after it, and in between people will fight one another and hurt one another and maim one another and betray one another, because that is what they have always done. And even if you avoid warfare and violent death, little boy, what else do you think life has in store for you? You have already seen what it is capable of doing. It took your mother from you, drained her of health and beauty, and then cast her aside like the withered, rotten husk of a fruit. It will take others from you too, mark me. Those whom you care about--lovers, children--will fall by the wayside, and your love will not be enough to save them. Your health will fail you. You will become old and sick. Your limbs will ache, your eyesight will fade, and your skin will grow lined and aged. There will be pains deep within that no doctor will be able to cure. 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Here, you can be king, and I will allow you to age with dignity and without pain, and when the time comes for you to die, I will send you gently to sleep and you will awaken in the paradise of your choosing, for each man dreams his own heaven.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Connolly" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-connolly/let-me-tell-you-the-truth-about-the-world-to-which-you-so-desperately/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8a/john-connolly-1479_children_let-me-tell-you-the-truth-about-the-worl_1128332.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8a/john-connolly-1479_children_let-me-tell-you-the-truth-about-the-worl_1128332.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8a/john-connolly-1479_children_let-me-tell-you-the-truth-about-the-worl_1128332.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let me tell you the truth about the world to which you so desperately want to return. 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