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War Quotes by Baron de Montesquieu
- There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to…
- A rational army would run away.
- As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of…
- The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good…
- Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
- An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
- Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which…
- There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
More War Quotes
- War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. — Hannah Arendt
- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of… — William Henry Ashley
- Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov
- John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only… — Isaac Asimov
- We released 400,000 classified documents, the most extraordinary history of a war to ever have been released in our civilization. Those documents… — Julian Assange
- What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend… — Julian Assange
- War is what happens when language fails. — Margaret Atwood