Inevitable Quote by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson

Some people say, therefore, that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior.

— Jane Goodall

The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.

— Thucydides

Moreover, if the territorial state is to continue as the last word in the development of society, then war is inevitable.

— Christian Lous Lange

If we do not redefine manhood, war is inevitable.

— Paul Fussell

You consider war to be inevitable? Very good. Let everyone who advocates war be enrolled in a special regiment of advance-guards, for the front…

— Leo Tolstoy

It is so inspiring to see a new group coming together not to focus on a particular war or weapons system, but on all…

— Medea Benjamin

In modern political society it is probably a fact that national leadership can heighten foreign crises to the point where war becomes almost inevitable…

— Arthur Ekirch

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

— Richard Holbrooke

Yes, a war is inevitable. Firstly, there's you fellows who can't be trusted. And then there's the multitude who mean to have bathrooms and…

— Ford Madox Ford

What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.

— Thucydides

I see this as the central issue of our time: how to find a substitute for war in human ingenuity, imagination, courage, sacrifice, patience...…

— Howard Zinn

“You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people…

— William Tecumseh Sherman