Quotes about war and peace
540 quotes from 231 people
Tacitus55–120Close of chapter 30, Oxford Revised Translation- Tacitus55–120Histories (100-110), Book IV, 17
John Milton1608–1674To the Lord General Cromwell (1652)From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.
Joseph Addison1672–1719Cato, A Tragedy (1713), Act V, scene iv
George Santayana1863–1952Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922), “Tipperary”
Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945Noting Italy’s declaration of war against France on that day, during the commencement address at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville (June 10, 1940); reported in The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 (1941), p. 263
Hermann Göring1893–1946Radio broadcast (1936), as quoted in The New Language of Politics: An Anecdotal Dictionary of Catchwords, Slogans, and Political Usage (1968) by William L. Safire, p. 178I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
Douglas MacArthur1880–1964On landing in Leyte, Philippines (20 October 1944)- Douglas MacArthur1880–1964Macarthur and the American Century: A Reader (2001) edited by William M Leary
Four things greater than all things are,—
Women and Horses and Power and War.
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936Other works- Rudyard Kipling1865–1936Epitaphs of the War (1914-1918) (1918)
History shows that there are no invincible armies and that there never have been.
Joseph Stalin1878–1953Radio Address (3 July 1941)
Sun Tzu544–496 BCThe Art of War, Chapter XI · The Nine Battlegrounds
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Des Moines Iowa speech (1 February 1916), on “The Westerm Preparedness Tour”- Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Message to Congress (7 December 1915)