Accepted Quote by Rebecca West

It is a conviction that war is not an answer to human conflict any more than cannibalism is an answer to human hunger.

— Bruce Kent

“War is a nation’s way of eating.”

— Will Durant

Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and…

— Victor Davis Hanson

“They arouse in themselves a wild vicious hunger more like animals than men. I did not know that war was like this.”

— Philippa Gregory

War is, we have been forced to admit, even in the face of its huge place in our civilization, an asocial trait.

— Ruth Benedict

“themselves to remember the truth, and not the sentimentalities with which we all shield ourselves from the horrors of which we are capable ……

— Doris Lessing

“War merely gives people an excuse to indulge themselves further, to murder with impunity.”

— John Connolly

“It is too true, however disgraceful it may be to human nature, that nations in general will make war whenever they have a prospect…

— John Jay

“War, in short, concentrated the mind. It had proven possible to convert a whole country into a war machine around a war economy; why…

— Tony Judt

“Countries rush to war thinking it is the quickest, easiest solution to conflict, only to find themselves still entrenched years later, suffering more losses…

— Joseph Sebarenzi

“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 is a form of really bad manners, in a strange way. Invading a country I think is just the worst possible manners. 'You're…

— Graydon Carter