Quotes about Conflict
As in laws or in war, the longest purse finally wins.
— Mahatma Gandhi
You cannot stop big wars if you carry on little wars yourselves.
— Mahatma Gandhi
I can't see democracy occurring by force - after an Iraqi war, because of the fallout from that.
— Madeleine Albright
War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]
— Cicero
Wars happen because the ones who start them think they can win.
— Margaret Atwood
Warfare ... is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.
— Margaret Mead
I didn't like the '60s because it was too important what people who had nothing to do with the war thought about it.
— Mark Vonnegut
The French couldn't hate us any more unless we helped 'em out in another war.
— Will Rogers
No triumph of peace can equal the armed triumph of war.
— Theodore Roosevelt
While prudence will endeavor to avoid this issue of war, bravery will prepare to meet it.
— Thomas Jefferson
They are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labor, property, and lives of their people.
— Thomas Jefferson
That is the explanation of war, an outrage by humanity upon humanity in despite of humanity.
— Victor Hugo