In war, truth is the first casualty. – Aeschylus (Thanks, Dan)
Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself. – Francis Meehan
Only the dead have seen the end of war. – Plato
No country is so wild and difficult but men will make it a theater of war. – Ambrose Bierce
Man, in his sensitivity, does not give names to animals he intends to eat but goes on giving names to children he intends to send to war. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man. – Napoleon Hill
We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace. – Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country. – Bertrand Russell, attributed
The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. – Albert Einstein, “Atomic War or Peace,” Atlantic Monthly, November 1945
You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time. – Albert Einstein
The refuge of the morally, intellectually, artistically and economically bankrupt is war. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)
The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery. – Clarence Darrow, Resist Not Evil
Where is the indignation about the fact that the United States and Soviet Union have accumulated thirty thousand pounds of destructive force for every human being in the world? – Norman Cousins
The era of true peace on earth will not come as long as a tremendous percentage of your taxes goes to educate men in the trades of slaughter. – Reginald Wright Kauffman
Are bombs the only way of setting fire to the spirit of a people? Is the human will as inert as the past two world-wide wars would indicate? – Gregory Clark
The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts. – Omar Bradley
War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace. – Thomas Mann
We have failed to grasp the fact that mankind is becoming a single unit, and that for a unit to fight against itself is suicide. – Havelock Ellis
The trouble with selfish motives is that they harden into principles, and you end up sending your kids to war for them. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
War. The dark time of valour, loss and hope where a man is controlled by his gun; where a gun is controlled by his hatred. Completely uncontrollable. – DanielHa
