11 Powerful Quotes About War

1. “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain


2.  “War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, 1984 


3. “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein


4.  “The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”  ― G.K. Chesterton


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


6.  “Only the dead have seen the end of war.” ― Plato


7.  “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War


8.  “If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!” ― Adolf Hitler


9.  “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War 


10.  “Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” ― Ernest Hemingway


11.  “All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.”
― John Steinbeck