History Quote by Will Durant 1968

“War is one of the constants of history, and has not diminished with civilization or democracy. In the last 3,421 years of recorded history…

— Will Durant

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

— Will Durant

“For every year of peace there have been four hundred years of war.”

— Margaret Atwood

“History alone looks upon war as a grand achievement; all else look upon it as a dreadful last resort.”

— Dennis L. McKiernan

“The record must be hurled like a stone under history's wheel in order to stop it... One can lose all hopes except the one…

— Gustawa Jarecka

“War no longer exists.”

— Rupert Smith

“Three million years! The infinitely crowded panorama of written history, with its empires and its kings, its triumphs and its tragedies, covered barely one…

— Arthur C. Clarke

“How many battles make a war?”

— Walter Wangerin Jr

“for years now there had been no country here but the war.”

— Michael Herr

“There comes a time when we can no longer tell the invaders from the invaded. That is what we call "War.”

— Hiroya Oku

“There's never been a war in the history of the world that wasn't started by the wealthy for the wealthy”

— Deborah Smith

“So long as there are two men left on earth there will be war. [169]”

— Sol T. Plaatje