--- title: "11 Wars Wars Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Wars Wars quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Wars Wars sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/margarita-simonyan-10984_any_i-don-t-like-wars-any-wars-779307_779307.jpg" --- > [I don't like wars. Any wars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margarita-simonyan/i-don-t-like-wars-any-wars/) [Margarita Simonyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margarita-simonyan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/margarita-simonyan-10984_any_i-don-t-like-wars-any-wars-779307_779307.jpg) > [And, you see, we are living in a world in which all wars are wars of defense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/and-you-see-we-are-living-in-a-world-in-which-all-wars-are-wars-of/) [George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/george-wald-9544_living_and-you-see-we-are-living-in-a-world-in_2374814.png) > [...taxes are not raised to carry on wars, but that wars are raised to carry on taxes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/taxes-are-not-raised-to-carry-on-wars-but-that-wars-are-raised-to/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/thomas-paine-267_inspirational_taxes-are-not-raised-to-carry-on-wars-bu_2583978.png) > [We are living in a world in which all wars are wars of defense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/we-are-living-in-a-world-in-which-all-wars-are-wars-of-defense/) [George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/george-wald-9544_defense_we-are-living-in-a-world-in-which-all-wa_953163.png) > [I know not whether taxes are raised to fight wars, or wars are fought in order to raise taxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/i-know-not-whether-taxes-are-raised-to-fight-wars-or-wars-are-fought/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/thomas-paine-267_fighting_i-know-not-whether-taxes-are-raised-to-f_3008220.png) > [Before now poetry has taken notice Of wars, and what are wars but politics Transformed from chronic to acute and bloody?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/before-now-poetry-has-taken-notice-of-wars-and-what-are-wars-but/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/robert-frost-371_bloody_before-now-poetry-has-taken-notice-of-wa_2200783.png) > [One of the most fashionable notions of our times is that social problems like poverty and oppression breed wars. Most wars, however,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/one-of-the-most-fashionable-notions-of-our-times-is-that-social/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b9/thomas-sowell-247_ambition_one-of-the-most-fashionable-notions-of-o_2769373.jpg) > [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) > [Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! All wars are wars among thieves who are too cowardly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/poor-human-nature-what-horrible-crimes-have-been-committed-in-thy/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcc/emma-goldman-774_committed_poor-human-nature-what-horrible-crimes-h_19875.png) > [And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars - all over Europe, all over the world. "Sometimes in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/and-always-we-had-wars-and-more-wars-and-still-other-wars-all-over/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af0/mark-twain-22_aggressors_and-always-we-had-wars-and-more-wars-and_899020.png) > [“war. Or, rather, wars. Not one, not two, but many wars, both big and small, just and unjust, wars with shifting casts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/war-or-rather-wars-not-one-not-two-but-many-wars-both-big-and-small/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/khaled-hosseini-251_afghanistan_war-or-rather-wars-not-one-not-two-but-m_166675.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wars-wars/#itemlist", "name": "Wars Wars Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't like wars. 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Or, rather, wars. Not one, not two, but many wars, both big and small, just and unjust, wars with shifting casts of supposed heroes and villains, each new hero making one increasingly nostalgic for the old villain. The names changed, as did the faces, and I spit on them equally for all the petty feuds, the snipers, the land mines, bombing raids, the rockets, the looting and raping and killing.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Khaled Hosseini" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/war-or-rather-wars-not-one-not-two-but-many-wars-both-big-and-small/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/khaled-hosseini-251_afghanistan_war-or-rather-wars-not-one-not-two-but-m_166675.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/khaled-hosseini-251_afghanistan_war-or-rather-wars-not-one-not-two-but-m_166675.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/khaled-hosseini-251_afghanistan_war-or-rather-wars-not-one-not-two-but-m_166675.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“war. Or, rather, wars. 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