War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. John Stuart Mill
What is human warfare but just this an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party. Henry David Thoreau
In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason. Ernest Hemingway
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. John Adams
There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever. Thomas A. Edison
There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare. Sun Tzu
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon. Napoleon Bonaparte
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way. Will Rogers
Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. Franklin D. Roosevelt
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. Herodotus
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man. Napoleon Hill
There is no avoiding war it can only be postponed to the advantage of others. Niccolo Machiavelli
I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in. George McGovern
It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it. Robert E. Lee
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country. Bertrand Russell