Long Quote by Oscar Wilde

“Oscar Wilde’s prophecy that “as long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as…

— Steven Pinker

When a nation becomes obsessed with the guns of war, it loses its social perspective.... There is something about a war like this that…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“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

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

— Judith Butler

There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.

— Jon Krakauer

It's a good thing war is so terrible or else we'd get to liking it too much.

— Charles Frazier

People who are vigorous and brutal often find war enjoyable.

— Bertrand Russell

War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal…

— George Orwell

“When I was young and impressionable, I thought of war as a sort of romantic crucible, a test of one’s manhood and mettle. In…

— Marko Kloos

War is delightful for those who don't know it

— Desiderius Erasmus

How infuriating it is to be continually born to war that continues one's whole lifetime, even as one protests it - what futility. It…

— Anne Waldman