Wars Quotes

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During this Christmas season, when the world seems to be in turmoil, wars are breaking out in different places, crime is rampant, and many things… — Billy Graham
Wars are to be won with swords and spears, not with rice and salt. — Uesugi Kenshin
In writing ... remember that the biggest stories are not written about wars, or about politics, or even murders. The biggest stories are written about… — Susan Glaspell
I'm a pacifist. I don't believe in 'good' wars. — Wendy Doniger
The Strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them. — Gene Roddenberry
In U.S. history, war has served as an important diversionary tactic, causing the people at large to shift their attention away from the state's own… — Robert Higgs
The gigantic catastrophes that threaten us today are not elemental happenings of a physical or biological order, but psychic events. To a quite terrifying degree… — Carl Jung
I want to make someone walk straight, but I've left my sons nothing but wars. — Broderick Crawford
The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the… — Lytton Strachey
In this era of world wars, in this atomic age, values have changed. We have learned that we are guests of existence, travelers between two… — Boris Pasternak
For many people in the U.N., the 1990s was the worst decade the organization experienced. This was the decade of Somalia, Srebrenica, of Rwanda and… — Andrew Mack
Words often spoil a moment of judgment or excitement; in all great puzzles and wars and movements, there is a moment to speak and a… — John Gallagher, Jr.
The lesson which wars and depressions have taught is that if we want peace, prosperity and happiness at home we must help to establish them… — Hugo Black
Peace is not merely a vacuum left by the ending of wars. It is the creation of two eternal principles, justice and freedom. — James T. Shotwell
All problems, depressions, wars, disasters, assassinations, all of them were planned, caused, instigated, and implemented by the International Bankers and their attempt to establish a… — John F. Kennedy
Working with the UN's diplomacy and development arms, we can prevent minor differences from escalating into wars. When conflicts do break out, UN peacekeepers should… — Bill Bradley
Wars aren't stopped by fighting wars, any more than you can fight fire with fire. You fight fire with water. You fight violence with nonviolence. — Colman McCarthy
The challenge of ending displacement is inseparable from the challenge of establishing and maintaining peace. When wars end, farmers return to their fields; children return… — Kenneth Bacon
The UN is committed to the goal of ensuring that all nations share in economic, social, & scientific progress. It delivers humanitarian assistance to the… — Bill Bradley
A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for… — Mark Twain

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