Character Quote by Rutherford B. Hayes

One of the most fashionable notions of our times is that social problems like poverty and oppression breed wars. Most wars, however, are started…

— Thomas Sowell

I hate the way war is seen as something inherently brutal and ugly. Yes, much of war brings out the worst part of our…

— Robert Greene

Kind-hearted people might of course think there was some ingenious way to disarm or defeat an enemy without too much bloodshed, and might imagine…

— Carl von Clausewitz

“The fundamental principle underlying all justifications of war, from the point of view of human personality, is ‘heroism’. War, it is said, offers man…

— Julius Evola

There is no glory in war, yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colours of human character and courage. Those who…

— Silvia Cartwright

Most wars are fought for greed, but we are luckier here we fight for our lives and the lives of the people we love.

— David Gemmell

For most of history, war has been a more or less functional institution, providing benefits for those societies that were good at it, although…

— Gwynne Dyer

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing…

— John Stuart Mill

War is one of the nation's most honored virtues, and its militaristic values now bear down on almost every aspect of American life.

— Henry Giroux

Society values cooperation over independence, obedience over individuality, and niceness above all else.

— Sue Grafton

People try to glorify war, particularly those who aren't actually fighting in them. People tend to make heroes of those who are fighting in…

— John Boyne

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

— Baruch Spinoza