No War Quotes

It is a great deal to fight while despising war, to accept losing everything while still preferring happiness, to face destruction while cherishing the idea of a higher civilization.

In raining bullets on those silent faces, already turned away from this world, you think you are disfiguring the face of our truth.

For all those landscapes, those flowers and those plowed fields, the oldest of lands, show you every spring that there are things you cannot choke in blood.

And despite the clamors and the violence, we tried to preserve in our hearts the memory of a happy sea, of a remembered hill, the smile of a beloved face.

We’ll stand before the piles of stones that used to be weapons, and we’ll build an altar.

They were willing to send men and women to death to avoid being called losers.

There is no Situation in which Arms can get an Answer. Arms only ensure, that there would Never be an Answer.

There was something wild about her, as if she was connected to this place but not the people.

When you start a fire, be to windward of it. Do not attack from the leeward.

War is a bad thing, but peace can be a living horror

Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom .... These are the beginnings of sorrows.

History is full of examples of slaughter and victory.

Now I am writing this diary in English, which for me is not the language of intimacy or love, but an attempt at distance and sanity, a means of recalling normality.

Do you know what we call windows in Belgrade?' she asked. All our windows are broken and crisscrossed with scotch tape. 'Windows 99.

The worst stories usually make you think: 'but nobody had to die'.These are called true stories.

It was a lesson the world had already taught me and was teaching me still. You don't know what's possible until you actually see it.

You are here because some sliver of existence within you says that you are a born fighter. That you will put your life before others, and stand when others fall.

Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.

No one warrior, no protestor, no member of the silent majority walked away from the Vietnam war unscathed.

Knights do protect ladies, but only to keep them from being abducted by other knights.

If you survive in battle, it is with Odin's grace, and if you fall, it is because he has betrayed you.

The greatest war story ever told commemorates a war that established no boundaries, won no territory, and furthered no cause.

It is not easy to soothe the immortal gods from their vengeance.

It doesn’t take a declaration, or an invasion, to start a war, all it takes is an ‘us’ and a ‘them.’ And a spark.

...but the power of spilled blood overwhelmed the good intentions of those who wanted to end the violence.

Came they, in their droves, one after the other, hundred after hundred, thousand after thousand, engulfing all before them, each line a merciless wave from a boundless sea of bold men.

The northern soldiers are just men, ” Hal told the men in his command. “And women, ” he amended. “When you cut them, they bleed, just like us.

Even when we win, we lose, Lyss thought.

War without end. Well, what was history without that? And how would having the stars change anything?

All war is philosophical. That's why we call it war. Strip it of its paint and it's nothing more than murder.

She kissed their knife marred bodies, for every act of war has, at its heart, an act of mercy.

Peace that follows battle is a futile peace. It is time to count dead and to assess which side stands closer to the win.

For me, no ideological or political conviction would justify the sacrifice of a human life. For me, the value of life is absolute, with no concessions. It's not negotiable.

You can’t demand peace, but you can reduce the reasons for war.

If you are not a Conchie, what are you man?' demanded the Major.After some moments' thought, Francis said, 'I am a human being who does not believe in killing my fellow man for insufficient reason.

In a war, you wield every weapon you have, including words. Especially words.

Politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organising nothing better than legalised mass murder.

To achieve peace, we needed to have a war to start with.

Do not think of defeat if the battle is not won yet

Circumstances will change and things will be fine, just hold on a little more

I thought I lost you""You will never lose me." Paul kissed the top of her head. "And even if I have to leave, you must know that I will come back to you again. If you'll wait for me?

That's my secret and my shame. I'm Nona Grey, war is in my veins, and the screams of my enemies are music to me.

People spoke in whispers, as if the war was listening

The luckiest generation in a country is always the one which has never went through any war in their lifetimes!

No Two person are enemies to each other unless on joins politics

Nothing seems to tempt fate more than mentioning the possibility of something bad happening.

Give me a book and I may change the world, give me a weapon and there will be no world to change.

War has often been called a game, with good reason. Both have combatants. Both have sides. Both carry the risk of losing.

Battle is gruesome, but it is vigorous, alive. The aftermath is the worst of it: adrenaline fades, quiet sweeps in, and there’s nothing to distract you from the mess of bodies and disturbed earth.

Ask him where his shame is." They spoke. "He says this is war. There is no shame in war." "Tell him he's wrong. War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.