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    It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

    by Voltaire Found in War Quotes,
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It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it.

It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it.

by Robert E. Lee Found in: War Quotes,
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If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would read more

If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would still say "no" to war. For one does not create a human society on mounds of corpses.

by Louis Lecoin Found in: Ideals Quotes, War Quotes,
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Fifty-four forty, or fight.

Fifty-four forty, or fight.

by William Allen Found in: War Quotes,
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And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, read more

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

by The Bible Found in: War Quotes,
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War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out read more

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

by Karl Von Clausewitz Found in: War Quotes,
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic read more

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.

by John Stuart Mill Found in: War Quotes,
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Traditional nationalism cannot survive the fissioning of the atom. One world or none.

Traditional nationalism cannot survive the fissioning of the atom. One world or none.

by Stuart Chase Found in: War Quotes,
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You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by read more

You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that the wars were fought by babies. When I saw those freashly shaved faces, it was a shock. 'My God, my God —' I said to myself, 'it's the Children's Crusade.'

by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Found in: War Quotes,
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She is a wall of brass;
You shall not pass! You shall not pass!
Spring up like read more

She is a wall of brass;
You shall not pass! You shall not pass!
Spring up like Summer grass,
Surge at her, mass on mass,
Still shall you break like glass,
Splinter and break like shivered glass,
But pass?
You shall not pass!

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