Common Quote by Bertolt Brecht

War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the…

— Karl Kraus

Nowadays wars are not declared. They simply start.

— Joseph Stalin

Wars are begun by frightened men. They fear war, but more than that, they fear what will happen if they don't start one or…

— Tom Clancy

War is like a fire. One man may start it, but it will spread all over. It is not about one thing in particular.

— Anonymous

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.

— Franklin D Roosevelt

Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars,

— Pat Barker

There has always been war. War is raging throughout the world at the present moment. And there is little reason to believe that war…

— James Nachtwey

Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom.

— Bonar Law

More than just an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The reason we start a war is to fight a war, win a war, thereby causing no more war!

— George W. Bush

War in its essence is another form of capitalism. Wars make people rich - and they make a lot of people poor, and they…

— Bell Hooks