Armageddon Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at war. Our…

— Leo Tolstoy

War is not courtesy but the most horrible thing in life; and we ought to understand that, and not play at war. We ought…

— Leo Tolstoy

“If there were no magnanimity in war, we'd go to it only when it was worth going to certain death, as now. . .…

— Leo Tolstoy

War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at war.

— Leo Tolstoy

But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings should not play at. Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the…

— William Cowper

“War is not a polite recreation, but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to realize this and not make a game of…

— Leo Tolstoy

The chief reason warfare is still with us is neither a secret death-wish of the human species, nor an irrepressible instinct of aggression, nor,…

— Hannah Arendt

Humans are very aggressive and scrappy, and go to war at the drop of a hat. However, a standard land war is no longer…

— Bruce Sterling

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that…

— Ernest Hemingway

We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary.…

— Silvio Berlusconi

War should be not a war of choice; it should be a war of necessity. And it should be a last resort.

— John F. Kerry

It seems to me an utterly futile task to prescribe rules and limitations for the conduct of war. War is not a game; hence…

— Albert Einstein