Clear Quote by George Friedman

war is, in some not yet entirely defined sense, a self-replicating pattern of behavior, possessed of a dynamism not unlike that of living things.

— Barbara Ehrenreich

To me war is something to be outgrown, recognized as immature, wasteful, and so destructive to life that human beings should shun it ...…

— Alice Walker

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal…

— George Orwell

It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten it. I have seen enough of it to make…

— Anonymous

War is not a pathology that, with proper hygiene and treatment, can be wholly prevented. War is a natural condition of the State, which…

— Philip Bobbitt

War, even in the best state of an army, with all the alleviations of courtesy and honor, with all the correctives of morality and…

— Robert Southey

War grows out of ordinary human nature.

— Bertrand Russell

War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface.

— Mahatma Gandhi

War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible.

— Jeannette Rankin

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease…

— Oscar Wilde

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

I will tell you what war is. War is a psychosis caused by an inability to see relationships. Our relationship with our fellowmen. Our…

— John Fowles