Quotes about War
Is it not better for a man to die for a cause in which he believes, such as peace, than to suffer for a cause in which he does not believe, such as war?
— Albert Einstein
Mere praise of peace is easy and ineffective. What is needed is acitve participation in the fight against war and everything which leads to it.
— Albert Einstein
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.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
People always make war when they say they love peace.
— DH Lawrence
I think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of Peace. And America is constantly at war.
— Jimmy Carter
Even in waging war, cherish the spirit of peace-maker; that, by conquering those whom you attack, you may lead them back to the advantages of peace.
— St. Augustine
Such will be a great lesson of peace: teaching men that what they cannot take by an election, neither can they take it by war.
— Abraham Lincoln
Peace is not sought in order to provoke war, but war is waged in order to attain peace.
— St. Augustine
No matter how tough Iraq became, removing Saddam Hussein was the right thing to do for the sake of peace and for the 25 million people we liberated.
— George W. Bush
... the best missile defense system of all would be a just and lasting peace.
— Hillary Clinton
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
— Winston Churchill
Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.