Begets Quote by Immanuel Kant

Often war is waged only in order to show valor; thus an inner dignity is ascribed to war itself, and even some philosophers have…

— Immanuel Kant

The bad thing of war is, that it makes more evil people than it can take away.

— Immanuel Kant

“War seems to be ingrained in human nature, and even to be regarded as something noble to which man is inspired by his love…

— Immanuel Kant

War does horrible things to human beings, to societies. It brings out the best, but most often the worst, in our human nature.

— Richard Engel

War is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror. Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of…

— Ludwig von Mises

Kind-hearted people might of course think there was some ingenious way to disarm or defeat an enemy without too much bloodshed, and might imagine…

— Carl von Clausewitz

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

— George Orwell

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

— Martin Luther

“War is a mind-set, and all action that comes out of such a mind-set will either strengthen the enemy, the perceived evil, or, if…

— Eckhart Tolle

I began to think of war, even so-called "good wars" like World War II, as corrupting everybody. Violence begetting violence. The good guys beginning…

— Howard Zinn

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

War is always a matter of doing evil in the hope that good may come of it.

— B. H. Liddell Hart