No War Quotes

Democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men's enlightened will.

The chief problem is, of course, whether the marching of the general spirit of things is heading consciously or sub- consciously toward an idea of extension of boundaries.

I fearthat both dictators [Hitler and Mussolini] think their present methods are succeeding because of the gains they have made in Albania, Hungary and Yugoslavia.

War is evitable if conditions are such that the costs of making war are higher than the benefits.

The only person who was a strong public opponent of the war in Iraq is Barack Obama. The other people weren't. So I can understand why all the left is mad, because they're being shut out.

In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker.

That is why we live in a world where there are so many wars and so much destruction. This is an arena of power.

The best battle is the battle that is never fought. The best war is the war that is won without a battle.

In this world we see nothing but diversity. Everyone thinks separate ideas and wants to develop a separate identity. They fight wars with each other. They destroy each other's identities.

In our world, in our pre-World War III condition, meditation is considered a cult activity and people who practice self-discovery are actually persecuted and ridiculed.

The imbalance I speak of in the world, which we see manifested in wars, violence, poverty and other depressed social conditions stems from a lack of knowledge.

We live in a world that is dominated by war, hate, violence and suspicion. Those are the things that come naturally in this world. So you have to will something else.

A war is an incarnation. A battle is a day of your life. So we do one day at a time in self-discovery.

Life, like war, is a series of mistakes,he is the best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes. Forget mistakes: organize victory out of mistakes.

I mean science was blamed for all the horrors of World War I, just as it's blamed today for nuclear weapons and quite rightly.

A world is in flames, and you are cracking silly jokes.

The great wars of the present age are the effects of the study of history.

Where one despises, one cannot wage war.

Not contentment, but more power; not peace at any price, but war; not virtue, but efficiency (virtue in the Renaissance sense, virtu , virtue free of moral acid).

It is nothing but fanaticism and beautiful soulism to expect very much (or even, much only) from humanity when it has forgotten how to wage war.

But every soil becomes finally exhausted, and the ploughshare of evil must always come once more.

You should seek your enemy, you should wage your war - a war for your opinions. And when your opinion is defeatedy our honesty should still cry triumph over that!

Only in war are you holy, and when you are robbers and cruel.

In war personal revenge maintains its silence.

Your enemy shall ye seek; your war shall ye wage, and for the sake of your thoughts! And if your thoughts succumb, your uprightness shall still shout triumph thereby!

At heart I am a warrior.

Religious War has signified the greatest advance of the masses so far, for it proves that the masses have begun to treat concepts with respect.

Thus do I want man and woman to be: the one fit to wage war and the other fit to give birth, but both fit to dance with head and feet.

So live your life of obedience and of war! What matter about long life! What warrior wisheth to be spared!

War is not pretty from any angle, and the most vulnerable organ in the body is the brain.

The original Star Wars ("A New Hope") has had the greatest impact on me of all the films I've ever watched. It's really what sparked something in me to want to make movies.

Freedom is often the first casualty of war.

He could not understand why he had needed so many words to explain what he felt in war because one was enough: fear. ~Jose Aracadio Segundo Buendia After the second banana slaughter

When the masses begin to vibrate with an energy of love, the world will no longer be a container for war, violence, and lies.

Goodbye, you who are, for me, the postmarks again of shattered towns--Xenia, Burnt Cabins, Hornell-- their loneliness given away in poems, only their solitude kept.

With no notice to the American people...this country entered the war...Stranger than the fact was the passive acceptance of it.

[Vladimir] Putin needs wars to legitimize his position.

In any event, it's not exactly a secret to regular readers what my views on the war are

There is a particular danger with a war that God commands. What if God should lose?

I don't fly any awards at the house. Any award you get is usually for something you've done in the past. And I like to keep looking forward.

Star Wars was magnificent, but you could tell Darth Vader's ships were glued together.

Societies have progressed much more during times of peace than during wars.

I think that wars will never stop, it's just that there are sides. You have to choose your side. And there are more progressive sides.

War, sometimes you have to go for it, you know?

I'm sure if you were a Bosnian during the war, you would wish to kill Serbs. Just because it is the opposite of you and because they're aggressors. And also, it happens to me when I get attacked.

If the Nazis have been destroyed it's because America got into the war. They went for it and they got into the fight.

What's interesting is that when you get into the post-war period, many of the narratives in books and movies conclude that if you killed Hitler, you're actually going to make history worse.

The appalling thing about war is that it kills all love of truth.

Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the Alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun more clearly and distinctly, but they are cold and unfruitful.

Declare the United States the winner and begin de-escalation.