Children Quote by H. R. McMaster

We have been telling and hearing and reading war stories for millennia. Their endurance may lie in their impossibility; they can never be complete,…

— Drew Gilpin Faust

War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable.

— Dennis Weaver

“In my experience, those for whom war is lucrative are rarely satisfied. For them, war is opportunity, not hardship or sorrow. After all, it…

— C.S. Harris

War is an admission of failure

— K.J. Parker

Wars produce warlike societies, which in turn make the world more dangerous for other societies, which are thus recruited into being war-prone themselves.

— Barbara Ehrenreich

“The enduring attraction of war is this: Even with its destruction and carnage it can give us what we long for in life. It…

— Chris Hedges

“War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up some failure on the part of the adults.”

— Karl Marlantes

“War, on the other hand, was the result of failure; failure of diplomacy, failure of intelligence, failure to prepare, failure to act decisively when…

— Col Don Wilson

Wars often begin with enthusiastic vigor but typically settle into costly, dirty business characterized for soldiers by fear, frustration, and loneliness.

— Stanley A. McChrystal

“When I was young and impressionable, I thought of war as a sort of romantic crucible, a test of one’s manhood and mettle. In…

— Marko Kloos

War is an absolute failure of imagination, scientific and political. That a war can be represented as helping a people to 'feel good' about…

— Adrienne Rich

“They are a different breed of warriors. They don’t see war as an extension of politics; they see it as a life-and-death struggle irrespective…

— Dale Comstock