Act Quote by Siegfried Sassoon

I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged…

— Siegfried Sassoon

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.

— Edmund Burke

It has been claimed that the aim of the present war is to end war. But war cannot end war, neither can militarism destroy…

— Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Baroness Pethick-Lawrence

The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.

— George Orwell

It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy...

— Haile Selassie

When a war breaks out, people say: "It's too stupid, it can't last long." But though a war may be "too stupid," that doesn't…

— Albert Camus

Moreover, war has become a thing potentially so terrible and destructive that it should have been the common aim of statesmen to put an…

— Arthur Henderson

The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose.

— John T. Flynn

I believe the consequences of a war are so harsh that it should be always the last resort.

— Asne Seierstad

The U.S. military is not war weary. Our military draws strength from confronting our enemies when clear policy objectives are set and we are…

— Jim Mattis

War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.

— Carl von Clausewitz

A long war is degenerating - it ruins the mind and the soul and psyche of individuals and nations.

— Amos Oz