Character Quote by Elie Ducommun

War is the matter which fills all history; and consequently the only, or almost the only, view in which we can see the external…

— Edmund Burke

War is a crucial, deeply ingrained part of human history. It has to be understood.

— Margaret MacMillan

War is a specific product of civilization.

— Lewis Mumford

As we have sought through the centuries to define ourselves as human beings and as nations through the prisms of history and literature, no…

— Drew Gilpin Faust

According to the first image of international relations, the locus of the important causes of war is found in the nature and behavior of…

— Kenneth Waltz

War, which perpetuates itself under the form of preparation for war, has once and for all given the State an important role in production.

— Simone Weil

The essence of war is fire, famine, and pestilence. They contribute to its outbreak; they are among its weapons; they become its consequences.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

A war not only arises, but derives its nature , from the political ideas, the moral sentiments, and the international relations obtaining at the…

— Ferdinand Foch

War provides jobs, profits, political payoffs, research funds, and forms of political and economic power that reach into every aspect of society.

— Henry Giroux

The starting point for the understanding of war is the understanding of human nature.

— Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

War, and the preparation for war, are the two greatest obstacles to human progress, fostering a vicious cycle of arms buildups, violence and poverty.

— Oscar Arias

War is a matter of vital importance to the state; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is…

— Sun Tzu