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I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.
Thomas Jefferson on war

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.
Thomas Jefferson on war

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 on war

Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!
Helen Keller on war

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.
Ambrose Bierce on war

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
C. S. Lewis on war

I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
Eleanor Roosevelt on war

Morality is contraband in war.
Mahatma Gandhi on war

Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.
Eleanor Roosevelt on war

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
John F. Kennedy on war

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Sun Tzu on war

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
John F. Kennedy on war

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.
John F. Kennedy on war

The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.
John F. Kennedy on war

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
Ronald Reagan on war

We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas.
Ronald Reagan on war

An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated.
Madalyn Murray O'Hair on war

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on war

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
John F. Kennedy on war

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
George Orwell on war