Internal peace Quote by Kenneth Waltz

A war not only arises, but derives its nature , from the political ideas, the moral sentiments, and the international relations obtaining at the…

— Ferdinand Foch

While there are many causes for which a state goes to war, its fundamental object can be epitomized as that of ensuring the continuance…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

War is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion throughout society these irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate cooperation with the…

— Randolph Bourne

If you avoid conflict to keep the peace, you start a war inside yourself.

— Cheryl Richardson

War is a matter of vital importance to the state; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is…

— Sun Tzu

War is the matter which fills all history; and consequently the only, or almost the only, view in which we can see the external…

— Edmund Burke

In U.S. history, war has served as an important diversionary tactic, causing the people at large to shift their attention away from the state's…

— Robert Higgs

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war.

— Marianne Moore

There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order…

— Anonymous

War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions, when they have developed to a certain stage, between classes, nations, states, or political…

— Mao Zedong

War is a conflict of great interests which is settled by bloodshed, and only in that is it different from others.

— Carl von Clausewitz

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

— Christian Lous Lange