War and Peace

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Charles de Gaulle, in War and Peace

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in War and Peace

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

Edward Everett, in War and Peace and Wisdom and Ignorance

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Benjamin Franklin, in Law and Politics and War and Peace

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

David Friedman, in War and Peace

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, in War and Peace

For the first time we have a weapon that nobody has used for thirty years. This gives me great hope for the human race.

Harlan Ellison, in War and Peace

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in War and Peace

I always say that, next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.

The Duke of Wellington, in War and Peace

I don't know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Albert Einstein, in War and Peace

Mankind must give up war in the Atomic Era. What is at stake is the life or death of humanity.

Albert Einstein, in War and Peace

War is not nice.

Barbara Bush, in War and Peace

You can get more of what you want with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word.

Al Capone, in War and Peace

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Winston Churchill, in War and Peace

To jaw-jaw is better than to war-war.

Winston Churchill, (on Korean War negotiations), in War and Peace

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

Winston Churchill, (on formal declarations of war), in War and Peace

I prefer the most unjust peace to the most righteous war.

Cicero, in War and Peace

War is menstruation envy.

Unknown, in War and Peace

When elephants fight, only the grass gets hurt.

Unknown, in War and Peace

When you've seen one nuclear war, you've seen them all.

Unknown, in War and Peace