History Quote by Will Durant

“In the last 3,421 years of recorded history, only 268 have seen no war”

— Will Durant 1968

War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.

— Will Durant

War is the matter which fills all history; and consequently the only, or almost the only, view in which we can see the external…

— Edmund Burke

War has been with us ever since the dawn of civilization. Nothing has been more constant in history than war.

— Robert Aumann

“In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people,…

— Leo Tolstoy

“War is merely the continuation of politics by other means”

— Carl von Clausewitz

“War no longer exists.”

— Rupert Smith

“War, it will be seen, is now a purely internal affair. In the past, the ruling groups of all countries, although they might recognize…

— George Orwell

“War is simply the continuation of politics by other means”

— Carl von Clausewitz

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

— Deborah Smith

“Throughout history, the word "war" has meant one thing to human beings: loss of life. The word "peace" has always meant security and love…

— A.H. Metwally

No war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.

— Eugene V. Debs