Act Quote by Stanley Hauerwas

We are a nation at war - and we should act like it.

— Anonymous

As the war was just in its origin and necessary and noble in its objects, we can reflect with a proud satisfaction that in…

— James Madison

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

— Percival Lowell

A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.

— Simone Weil

The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war.

— Rand Paul

War is the spectacular and bloody projection of our everyday living. We precipitate war out of our daily lives; and without a transformation in…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

War, in our country, ought never to be resorted to but when it is clearly justifiable and necessary; so much so as not to…

— John C. Calhoun

War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at war.

— Leo Tolstoy

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

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

— Carl von Clausewitz

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever.

— Thomas Jefferson

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war; for sure I am,…

— George Washington