Quotes about War
For we no longer take up "sword against nation," nor do we "learn war any more," having become children of peace, for the sake of Jesus, who is our leader.
- Origen
One cannot be aware both of the history of Christian war and of the contents of the gospels without feeling that something is amiss.
- Wendell Berry
We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful.
- CS Lewis
I believe war is the inevitable fruit of our economic system.
- Helen Keller
It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute.
- James Madison
It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.
- JRR Tolkien
In the dark of the moon, in flying snow, in the dead of winter, war spreading, families dying, the world in danger, I walk the rocky hillside, sowing clover.
- Wendell Berry
You live in a world at war. Spiritual attack must be a category you think in or you will misunderstand more than half of what happens in your marriage.
- John Eldredge
Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.
- Winston Churchill
To make war all you need is intelligence. But to win you need talent and material.
- Ernest Hemingway
A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.
- Cicero