What a country calls its vital… interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war. – Simone Weil
Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners. – John Steinbeck
War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war. – Chief Joseph
I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country. – Chief Joseph
I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition. – Chief Joseph
I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed. – Chief Joseph
We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end. – Chief Joseph
The condition of man… is a condition of war of everyone against everyone. – Thomas Hobbes
War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always. – Sophocles
In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention. – Thomas Aquinas
The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it. – George C. Marshall
The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States – and war is what they got. – George W. Bush
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror. – George W. Bush
This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war. – George W. Bush
With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got. – George W. Bush
War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle. – Gilbert Parker
If you want to fight a war on drugs, sit down at your own kitchen table and talk to your own children. – Barry McCaffrey
No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons. – Pope Paul VI
War is a blessing compared with national degradation. – Andrew Jackson
