War Quotes - Page 26

• The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding.

  Albert Camus

  Life, Hate, Ignorance

  "The Plague". Book by Albert Camus, 1947.

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• Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Money, Revolution, Economics

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• As far as I am concerned, war itself is immoral.

  Omar N. Bradley

  Immoral, Concerned, Anti War

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• I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals.

  Joseph Heller

  Peace, Government, Fields

  1961 Milo Minderbinder. Catch-22, ch.24.

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• History has witnessed the failure of many endeavors to impose peace by war, cooperation by coercion, unanimity by slaughtering dissidents.... A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Money, Order, Libertarian

  Ludwig Von Mises (1985). “Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War”, Libertarian Press

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• A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Peace, Order, Bayonets

  Ludwig Von Mises (1985). “Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War”, Libertarian Press

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• Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter.

  Winston Churchill

  Peace, Believe, Encounters

  Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.227, Simon and Schuster

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• Peace and not war is the father of all things.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Peace, Father, Anti War

  Ludwig von Mises (2016). “Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist”, p.44, VM eBooks

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• When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest...and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war

  Plato

  Peace, Tyrants, Enemy

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• Hobbes clearly proves, that every creature Lives in a state of war by nature.

  Jonathan Swift

  Hobbes, States, Prove

  "On Poetry" l. 319 (1733)

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• Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: / He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored.

  Julia Ward Howe

  God, Eye, Vintage

  "Battle Hymn of the Republic" l. 1 (1862)

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• War makes rattling good history.

  Thomas Hardy

  Peace, Good History, Good War

  The Dynasts pt. 1, act 2, sc. 5 (1904)

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• Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Ends, Please, Medieval War

  "Florentine Histories" by Niccolò Machiavelli, 1526.

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• I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.

  Abbie Hoffman

  Peace, Military, Believe

  Quoted in James Charlton, The Military Quotation Book (1990)

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• Wars are the hobbies of half-informed children who have somehow come into possession of the levers of power.

  Fred Reed

  Peace, Children, Hobbies

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• Nothing good ever comes of violence.

  Martin Luther

  Violence, Anti War, Total War

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• Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.

  Alfred Adler

  Peace, Knowing, Enemy

  Alfred Adler (2002). “The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler, Volume 1: Fundamentals of Individual Psychology and Psychotherapy: the Neurotic Character”, p.89, Alfred Adler Institute

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• I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Wish, Enough, Total War

  1794 Letter to John Adams, 25 Apr.

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• Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.

  John Milton

  Life, Peace, Victory

  "To the Lord General Cromwell" l. 10 (written 1652)

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• If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Peace, Should Have, Usa

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson”, p.117

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• Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development is the best form of conflict prevention.

  Kofi Annan

  Essence, Worst Enemy, Healthy

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• Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates.

  F. E. Adcock

  Military, Army, Winning

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• It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.

  H. G. Wells

  Peace, Men, Pay

  "The Salvaging of Civilization".

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• [T]he essence of so-called war prosperity: it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a shifting of wealth and income.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Money, Peace, Essence

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• Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Peace, Military, Wealth

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