Belligerence Quote by John le Carre

War is being reminded that you are completely at the mercy of death at every moment, without the illusion that you are not. Without…

— Francesca Lia Block

War is a catalouge of blunders.

— Winston Churchill

War, for any cause, is inexcusable. There is nothing which excuses us for the beastly ingenuity of our wars. Only fools, only the diseased,…

— Storm Jameson

“Many historians have noted an interesting phenomenon in American life in the years immediately after a war. In the councils of government fierce partisanship…

— E.L. Doctorow

“War is an unbelievable potpourri of deep fear, exhilaration, dull, monotonous, dirty living, strange heroics, and complete cowardice, all intermingled to form a way…

— Robert E. Merriam

The thing about war is that once it's triggered, it is unyielding in its appetite. And the more it consumes and gorges, the more…

— Bill Moyers

War is a foolish, childish, animalistic, unthinking, unintelligent way of trying to accomplish a purpose.

— Jayne Mansfield

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

— Lawrence S. Wittner

The cause of war is preparation for war.

— W. E. B. Du Bois

We need to learn... how war brutalises and degrades winners and losers alike and what happens to us when, having heedlessly waged war for…

— Tony Judt

War begets war. It produces outraged and humiliated and furious people. That is almost invariably the case.

— Judith Butler

A "just war" is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose…

— Alexander Cockburn