Position Quote by George Orwell

Waging an unnecessary war is a grave mistake.

— Scott McClellan

The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory...but to keep the very structure of society intact.

— George Orwell

War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.

— Douglas MacArthur

War is an irrational, counter-productive way to handle conflicts.

— Lawrence S. Wittner

Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.

— Raul Castro

“a nation is totally geared to the waging of war, it had better ensure that war keeps occurring somewhere; and”

— James A. Michener

War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests.

— Germaine Greer

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

— Thomas Jefferson

The object of war is to survive it.

— John Irving

...war is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but…

— Livy

Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.

— Philip Roth

War should be not a war of choice; it should be a war of necessity. And it should be a last resort.

— John F. Kerry