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Beautiful that war and all its deeds of carnage, must in time be utterly lost;
That the hands of the sisters Death and Night incessantly softly wash again and ever again, this soiled world.
Walt Whitman1819–1892Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Drum-Taps. Reconciliation
A destruction only man can provoke, only man can prevent. Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures, it is our gift to each other.
Elie Wiesel1928–2016Hope, Despair, and Memory (1986)
None of us is in a position to eliminate war, but it is our obligation to denounce it and expose it in all its hideousness. War leaves no victors, only victims.
Elie Wiesel1928–2016Hope, Despair, and Memory (1986)
As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascinations. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Critic as Artist (1891), Part II
Peace is its own reward.
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Often credited to Mahatma Gandhi
There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Des Moines Iowa speech (1 February 1916), on “The Westerm Preparedness Tour”
We have stood apart, studiously neutral.
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Message to Congress (7 December 1915)
There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Address to Foreign-Born Citizens, Philadelphia (10 May 1915)
It must be a peace without victory…
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Address to the Senate (22 January 1917)
There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized common peace.
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Address to the Senate (22 January 1917)
- Power
I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate
Those that I guard I do not love
W. B. Yeats1865–1939An Irish Airman Foresees His Death (1919)In context
- Life & Death
Against all odds and doom-and-gloom scenarios, Ukraine didn’t fall. Ukraine is alive and kicking.
Volodymyr Zelenskyyborn 1978Address to US Congress (21 December 2022)
The term “just war” contains an internal contradiction. War is inherently unjust, and the great challenge of our time is how to deal with evil, tyranny, and oppression without killing huge numbers of people.
Howard Zinn1922–2010Terrorism and War (2002)
- Justice
War is terrorism, magnified a hundred times.
Howard Zinn1922–2010“The Old Way of Thinking”, in The Progressive (November 2001)
I am not an absolute pacifist, because I can’t rule out the possibility that under some, carefully defined circumstances, some degree of violence may be justified, if it is focused directly at a great evil.
Howard Zinn1922–2010ZNet forum reply (26 May 1999)