Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

Love has been defined, analyzed, explained and excused. It has been the cause of wars, feuds, heroism, martyrdom, inordinate passion, and beautiful friendships. It pulls two people of opposite temperaments together into a married state and permits them to live happily. It makes friends understand each other without the necessity of words.

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.

History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

Peace is something very dear. If you've been through wars and operations and battles, you want peace.

Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

All the religious wars that have caused blood to be shed for centuries arise from passionate feelings and facile counter-positions, such as Us and Them, good and bad, white and black.

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead.

Religion and politics hit nerves. There's a lot of anger about a lot of things. It's not easily resolved. I guess that's what wars are about. Wars are about prejudice and fear. Hit first before you get hit. Believe me, I know.

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.

We live in a world where all wars will begin as cyber wars... It's the combination of hacking and massive, well-coordinated disinformation campaigns.

Wars will remain while human nature remains. I believe in my soul in cooperation, in arbitration; but the soldier's occupation we cannot say is gone until human nature is gone.

I said that if an alien came to visit, I'd be embarrassed to tell them that we fight wars to pull fossil fuels out of the ground to run our transportation. They'd be like, 'What?'

When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.