Last updated on January 5th, 2024 at 01:12 pm
History has repeatedly shown us that violence, bloodshed, hatred, and weapons increase suffering, pain, and dread in a nation during a war. Observe how the ongoing battle between the two countries makes villages mass graveyards.
Keep in mind that no one wins in a brutal war . There can be no victory when there are dead, as Mehmet Murat Ildan famously said. Any dispute over a countryโs border should never be resolved by going to war. All peacemakers have stressed this point throughout history.
Our selection of well-known anti-war quotes argues that, no matter how alluring it may be to demonstrate a nationโs might through war, the outcome will always be bittersweet.
Powerful Anti War Quotes
People must continue to struggle for peace even when violent conflict is frequently reported in news headlines worldwide. As we intentionally choose to stop fighting, we must actively work for peace. One way to accomplish that is to speak up.
โI appeal for cessation of hostilities, not because you are too exhausted to fight, but because war is bad in essence.โ
MAHATMA GANDHI
โThe more money you spend on guns, the less money you spend on people! More weapons, less happiness; more guns, more misery!โ
MEHMET MURAT ฤฐLDAN
โNations who are proud of their guns, tanks, missiles etc. are deprived of humanity!โ
MEHMET MURAT ฤฐLDAN
โWarโฆ is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer.โ
THOMAS JEFFERSON
โNothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.โ
ALBERT EINSTEIN
โNo nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.โ
JAMES MADISON
โHow vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such an abominable business.โ
ALBERT EINSTEIN
โIn war, truth is the first casualty.โ
AESCHYLUS
โYou cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.โ
ALBERT EINSTEIN
โI know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.โ
ALBERT EINSTEIN
โOne is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.โ
AGATHA CHRISTIE
โItโs time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.โ
Peace Anti War Quotes
All that war does is bring about destruction and loss of life. Weโve rounded up some of the best anti-war quotes right here.
โWe will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each otherโs children.โ
JIMMY CARTER
โNo more war, war never again! Peace, it is peace, which must guide the destinies of people and of all mankind.โ
POPE PAUL VI
โThere never was a good war or a bad peace.โ
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
โPeace is not achieved by controlling nations, but mastering our thoughts.โ
JOHN HARRICHARAN
โIf they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.โ
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
โPeace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.โ
VICTOR HUGO
โObserve good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.โ
GEORGE WASHINGTON
โPeace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.โ
RONALD REAGAN
โWar is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.โ
THOMAS MANN
โThough force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.โ
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER
โPeace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.โ
ALBERT EINSTEIN
โPeace is constructed, not fought for.โ
Anti War Memorial Day Quotes
On Memorial Day , we remember everyone who has lost their lives in combat and recognize that no one wins in battle. The effects of war have personally affected many of us. Here are a few anti-war quotes for Memorial Day.
โLiberty isnโt free, despite the fact that we โfreelyโ disregard that fact.โ
CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH
โWhen the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.โ
GENERAL WILLIAM WESTMORELAND
โOnly the dead have seen the end of war.โ
Popular Anti War Quotes
Some more popular Anti War Quotes
โIf you like war, be a nationalist. If you like peace, be a citizen of the world.โ
OLIVER MARKUS MALLOY
โThe nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.โ
GEORGE ORWELL
โSociety has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things.โ
LUDWIG VON MISES
โWar, in the end, is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, and of idealists by cynics.โ
CHRIS HEDGES
โEuropeans are far more anti war than Americans. Theyโve had more wars, and they really just donโt believe in it anymore.โ
MARK KURLANSKY
โIt is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.โ
ALBERT EINSTEIN
โA people free to choose will always choose peace.โ
RONALD REAGAN
โThe difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the worldโs problems.โ
MAHATMA GANDHI
โMy religion is based on truth and nonviolence.โ
More Anti War Quotes
A compilation of more inspirational anti-war sayings, anti-war proverbs, and anti-war statements.
โMy personal opinion is that if someone writes honestly about war, it will inherently be anti-war.โ
KEVIN POWERS
โThe world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who donโt do anything about it.โ
ALBERT EINSTEIN
โThere is a higher court than courts of justice, and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts.โ
MAHATMA GANDHI
โWar is like a vacuum cleaner that sucks tax dollars out of your pocket and funnels the money directly into the pockets of the robber barons who own the weapons factories.โ
OLIVER MARKUS MALLOY
โPeople do not make wars; governments do.โ
RONALD REAGAN
โWar does not determine who is right, only who is left.โ
BERTRAND RUSSELL
โIt is our true policy to steer clear of entangling alliances with any portion of the foreign world.โ
GEORGE WASHINGTON
โIf Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.โ
JAMES MADISON
โWhat is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.โ
ALDOUS HUXLEY
โOf all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.โ
JAMES MADISON
โWar against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.โ
GEORGE ORWELL
โI object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.โ
MAHATMA GANDHI
โThis world of oursโฆ must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.โ
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
โNever think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.โ
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
โNever think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.โ
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