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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War is a way of shattering to pieces… materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and… too intelligent. – George Orwell

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The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between ones real and ones declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink. – George Orwell

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Yes quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down youd treat if met where any bar is, or help to half-a-crown. – Thomas Hardy

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When you go to war, both sides lose totally. – Yoko Ono

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War is the province of danger. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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The war in Iraq, clearly has not turned out in the way that was hoped. – William Hague

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