Human development Quote by Norman Angell

An evolutionary morality argues that The North was right in pursuing that war because a nation is a higher form of evolution than a…

— Anonymous

“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

“Wars come from egotism and selfishness. Every macrocosmic or world war has its origin in microcosmic wars going on inside millions and millions of…

— Fulton J. Sheen

War is a biological necessity of the first importance, a regulative element in the life of mankind which cannot be dispensed with. ... But…

— Friedrich von Bernhardi

War is a survival among us from savage times and affects now chiefly the boyish and unthinking element of the nation.

— Percival Lowell

“War reveals people's deeper nature.' 'I don't like that idea. It would suggest that we need to be put to the test. I think…

— Amélie Nothomb

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

“Like it or not, war is distinctively human. Apart from the raiding behavior of chimpanzees and the so-called wars prosecuted by certain species of…

— David Livingstone Smith

“Every course of action you take in life needs to be seen as a war. Why? Simply put, you will be exerting effort, expending…

— Anthony D. Jensen

War represents the supreme failure of nations to resolve their differences. From a strictly pragmatic standpoint, it is the most inefficient waste of lives…

— Jacque Fresco

“Mechanized warfare still left room for human qualities to play an important part in the issue. ‘Automatic warfare’ cancels them out, except in a…

— B.H. Liddell Hart

War grows out of ordinary human nature.

— Bertrand Russell