Only the dead have seen the end of war.
—Plato
“Heresies always come from gentlemen at ease who take no actual part in our holy war.”
— Charles Spurgeon
Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: ’War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.’
—Immanuel Kant
War seems to be ingrained in human nature, and even to be regarded as something noble to which man is inspired by his love of honor, without selfish motives.
—Immanuel Kant
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
—Aristotle
How is it they live in such harmony, the billions of stars, when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds?
—Thomas Aquinas
It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war that can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.
—Sun Tzu
In times of war, the law falls silent.
—Cicero
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
—Albert Einstein
If we are not more concerned for the purity of the Church than with the fact that we are faced by the possibility of another war, that is a serious reflection upon our Christianity.
—Martyn Lloyd-Jones
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy’s one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two.
—Sun Tzu
Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.
—Sun Tzu
The war is a horrid, unnatural kind of thing even in its least horrible aspects.
—J. Gresham Machen
War is father of all, and king of all. He renders some gods, others men; he makes some slaves, others free.
—Heraclitus
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
—George Washington
Quickness is the essence of the war.
—Sun Tzu
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
—George Washington
A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.
—Franklin D. Roosevelt
War is young men dying and old men talking.
—Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Art of War is self-explanatory.
—Sun Tzu
Everything that promotes the development of civilization also works against war.
—Sigmund Freud