War Quotes

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Nelson Mandela said: 'It always seems impossible until it's done.' Peace is possible. — John Bonifaz
War takes people's lives and destroys property, but it does not resolve the world's problems. If anything is achieved through war, it is to plant… — Unknown Author
War is an irrational, counter-productive way to handle conflicts. — Unknown Author
War cannot be humanized. It can only be abolished. — Albert Einstein
They didn't give their lives for their country! their lives were taken from them by their government. — Howard Zinn
I'm not so sure he's wrong about automobiles," he said, "With all their speed forward they may be a step backward for civilization-that is, spiritual… — Booth Tarkington
In time of war, soldiers, however sensible, care a great deal more on some occasions about slaking their thirst than about the danger of enteric… — Winston Churchill
All war is murder, robbery, trickery, and no nation ever escaped losses of men, prosperity and virility. War knows no victor. — David Starr Jordan
And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all the battles of history. — James Hilton
Anyone who thinks we can continue to have world wars but make them nice polite affairs by outlawing this weapon or that should meditate upon… — Joel Henry Hildebrand
Blood mixture and the result drop in the racial level is the sole cause of the dying out of old cultures; for men do not… — Adolf Hitler
But however secure and well-regulated civilized life may become, bacteria, Protozoa, viruses, infected fleas, lice, ticks, mosquitoes, and bedbugs will always lurk in the shadows… — Hans Zinsser
But if the two countries or governments are at war, the men of science are not. That would, indeed be a civil war of the… — Humphry Davy
During the war years I worked on the development of radar and other radio systems for the R.A.F. and, though gaining much in engineering experience… — Martin Ryle
Four hundred thousand South Africans are dying of AIDS every year. This makes the war on Iraq look like a birthday party. — Unknown Author
I heard Professor Cannon lecture last night, going partly on your account. His subject was a physiological substitute for war-which is international sports and I… — Unknown Author
If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of nations preparing for… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
In my opinion there is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than the creation of a world government with security… — Albert Einstein
It is arguable whether the human race have been gainers by the march of science beyond the steam engine. Electricity opens a field of infinite… — Winston Churchill
It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less frequent. — Benjamin Franklin

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