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“Disputes that were secular in origin, such as the Arab-Israeli conflict, have been allowed to fester and become “holy,” and once they have been…

— Karen Armstrong

If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations…

— Lucretius

A holy war is a contradiction in terms. War dehumanizes, war diminishes, war debases all those who wage it.

— Elie Wiesel

A misunderstanding in religion causes war, finding out what it really means brings peace.

— Hannah

The biggest religious wars and persecutions in history occur when religions, each claiming their own absolute truths, come into conflict.

— Susan Jacoby

Holy War is a contradiction of terms...

— Elie Wiesel

Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and…

— Robert Anton Wilson

No wars are more bitter than those undertaken in the name of religion.

— Elisabeth Marbury

Men of God and men of war have strange affinities.

— Cormac McCarthy

Men are passionate, men are weak, men are stupid, men are pitiful; to bring to bear on them anything so tremendous as the wrath…

— William Somerset Maugham

Throughout our long and sorry history it has been men who supposed themselves to be exemplars of integrity who have done all the damage.…

— Jack McDevitt

War is such a peculiar thing - inaugurated by the whims of few, affecting the fate of many. It is difficult, if not impossible,…

— Errol Morris