Wars Quotes

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It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets near a… — George Orwell
The War is not over (and the one that is, or the part of it, has been largely lost). But it is of course wrong… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class had all to gain and nothing… — Eugene V. Debs
Instead of the international police action we had hoped for during the war in Kosovo, there are wars again - conducted with state-of-the-art technology, but… — Jurgen Habermas
I have shed pewter tears! It is too melancholy! Rather let me go to the wars and lose arms and legs! It would at least… — Hans Christian Andersen
Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Im sick and tired of old men sitting around in air conditioned rooms here in Washington, dreaming up wars for young men to die in. — George McGovern
The corruption of the good by the belief in their own infallible goodnes is the most bloody dangerous pitfall in the human spectrum. Once you… — Helen Fielding
Star Wars is adolescent nonsense; Close Encounters is obscurist drivel; â€˜Star Trekâ€™ can turn your brains into puree of bat guano; and the greatest science… — Harlan Ellison
The view of the Earth from the Moon fascinated me -- a small disk, 240,000 miles away. . . . Raging nationalistic interests, famines, wars,… — Frank Borman
If the philosophy of Christianity were lived, wars would cease, unhappiness would cease, economic problems would be solved, poverty would be wiped from the face… — Ernest Holmes
Nationalism and patriotism are the two most evil forces that I know of in this century or in any century and cause more wars and… — Oliver Stone
In many parts of the world, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, terrorism, war and conflict stop children to go to their schools. We are really tired… — Malala Yousafzai
What is the Geneva Convention on wars! I have never read it. — Yoweri Museveni
Most troubles are unnecessary. We have Nature beaten; we can make her grow wheat; we can keep warm when she sends blizzards. So we raise… — Sinclair Lewis
All conflicts can be resolved. Wars and conflicts are not inevitable. They are caused by human beings. There are always interests that are furthered by… — Martti Ahtisaari
It is evident that many wars are fought over resources which are now becoming increasingly scarce. If we conserved our resources better, fighting over them… — Wangari Maathai
No more wars, no more bloodshed, and no more threats. — Menachem Begin
If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon… — G I Gurdjieff
[Nature said] The sea shall disjoin the people [of England] from others, and knit them to a fierce nationality. It shall give them markets on… — Marsilio Ficino

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