Quotes about war and peace
540 quotes from 231 people
Howard Zinn1922–2010Terrorism and War (2002)
Margaret Atwoodborn 1939The Robber Bride (1993), Ch. 6
Eldridge Cleaver1935–1998Soul on Ice (1968)You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done.
Kofi Annan1938–2018Press conference regarding the use of force to gain compliance from Saddam Hussein (24 February 1998)
Robert E. Howard1906–1936From a letter to H. P. Lovecraft (5 December 1935)
Stonewall Jackson1824–1863Speech to cadets at the Virginia Military Institute (March 1861); as quoted in The War (1910) by James H. Wood
Joe Bidenborn 1942Promises to Keep (2008), Pages 65-66
T. E. Lawrence1888–1935The Evolution of A Revolt (1920)
J. R. R. Tolkien1892–1973The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (1981), No. 45: To his son Michael (9 June 1941)
Madeleine Albright1937–2022Speech at Harvard forum (April 11, 2007)
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Address to the Senate (22 January 1917)- Stonewall Jackson1824–1863Reply to Colonel Barnard E. Bee when he reported that the enemy were beating them back. At the First Battle of Bull Run (21 July 1861); as quoted in Stonewall Jackson As Military Commander (2000) by John Selby, p. 21
- Howard Zinn1922–2010“The Old Way of Thinking”, in The Progressive (November 2001)
David Lloyd George1863–1945Interview with Roy Howard of the United Press of America (28 September 1916), quoted in The Times (29 September 1916), p. 7
Alexander Suvorov1730–1800The Science of Victory (Nauka pobezhdat, 1795–96); A. V. Suvorov, Dokumenty, vol. III, p. 504