Quotes about War
The Japanese had a very strong belief in Bushido, death before dishonour. They were fighting for their country; they were the aggressors in World War II.
— Steven Spielberg
The cause of the great War of the Rebellion against the United Status will have to be attributed to slavery.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I don't know of any army that does more than an Israeli army does to avoid civilian casualties. But incidental and unintended casualties accompany every war.
— Benjamin Netanyahu
For we no longer take up "sword against nation," nor do we "learn war any more," having become children of peace, for the sake of Jesus, who is our leader.
— Origen
One cannot be aware both of the history of Christian war and of the contents of the gospels without feeling that something is amiss.
— Wendell Berry
We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful.
— CS Lewis
War destroys, kills, impoverishes. Lord, give us your peace!
— Pope Francis
I believe war is the inevitable fruit of our economic system.
— Helen Keller
It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute.
— James Madison
It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.
— JRR Tolkien
In the dark of the moon, in flying snow, in the dead of winter, war spreading, families dying, the world in danger, I walk the rocky hillside, sowing clover.
— Wendell Berry