Quote by George Orwell
The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. – George Orwell

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A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy. – Aldous Huxley

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Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other. – Miguel de Cervantes

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I feel like war should occur only for the most vital and necessary reasons, and only then. – Sharon Stone

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I am against all war. – Sophia Loren

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