War Quotes

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

I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy.... If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.
- Sir George Porter

If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war.
- Gulf War

You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon.
- David Lloyd George

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
- Ernest Hemingway

Join the Army, see the world, meet interesting people - and kill them.
- Pacifist Badge

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
- John F. Kennedy

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.
- Colman McCarthy

The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums.
- Arthur Koestler