Causes Quote by Marianne Moore

There never was a war that was not inward.

— Marianne Moore

You know so little of war. Battles may be fought from the outside in, but wars are won from the inside out.

— V. E. Schwab

War most often promotes the internal unity of each state involved. The state plagued by internal strife may then, instead of waiting for the…

— Kenneth Waltz

War is only caused through the political intercourse of governments and nations - war is nothing but a continuation of political intercourse with an…

— Carl von Clausewitz

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

Wars are fought to gain a certain objective. War itself is not the objective; victory is not the objective; you fight to remove the…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

War is simply a battle of egos. A desire to surpass your adversary.

— Anonymous

If you start thinking war is inevitable, then in your own times, you don't resist it as strongly as you should.

— Margaret MacMillan

We all have war inside of us, sometimes it keeps us alive, sometimes it threatens to destroy us.

— Veronica Roth

Don't ever go to war. Even if you win, the battle is never over inside you.

— Jack Gantos

War is a ritual, a deadly ritual, not the result of aggressive self-assertion, but of self-transcending identification. Without loyalty to tribe, church, flag or…

— Arthur Koestler

War is not inevitable, but proceeds from definite and removable causes

— Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson