Short Anti War Quotes & Sayings

The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities. — Benjamin Cardozo

There is a blueprint for every accomplishment-all we need to do is to know how to follow it. Trial and error is ridiculous after the truth has once been established. — Sterling W. Sill

Thank you so much ... um, what's your name?'

'Nashira Jaynes.'

'I'm Jared Dernell,' he said, extending his hand. — Deepika Kumaaraguru

war is not inevitable. Nor has it always been with us. War is a human invention - an organized, deliberate action of an anti-social kind - and in the long span of human life on Earth, a fairly recent one. For more than 99 percent of the time that humans have lived on this planet, most of them have never made war. Many languages don't even have a word for it. Turn off CNN and read anthropology. You'll see.
What's more, war is obsolete. Most nations don't make war anymore, except when coerced by the United States to join some spurious "coalition." The earth is small, and our time here so short. No other nation on the planet makes war as often, as long, as forcefully, as expensively, as destructively, as wastefully, as senselessly, or as unsuccessfully as the United States. No other nation makes war its business. — Ann Jones

so often, we focus our analytical efforts in the wrong direction and miss something vital. So it's crucial to be open to the possibility that we might be mistaken. During — Guy Spier

Clare Short, who today poses as an anti-war warrior but was six years ago Blair's cheerleader-in-chief for bombing Yugoslavia. After the attack on Radio-Televizija Jugoslavenska she said, 'The propaganda machine is prolonging the war and it's a legitimate target'. Amnesty International pointed out 'intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects is a war crime under the Rome Statutes of the International Criminal Court'. — Tony Benn

Swans are majestic, beautiful looking creatures. With really ugly temperaments. — Michael Gira

I hourly learn a doctrine of obedience. — William Shakespeare

Uncomfortable. Well, you have great pyrotechnics. — Rick Riordan

My parents were constantly afraid they would lose their jobs. The idea that we were always a paycheck away from disaster was drilled into me. — Gary Shteyngart

They got it wrong when they called it "the closet." This was a prison. Solitary confinement. I was locked inside, inside myself, dark and afraid and alone. (Chapter. 23) — Julie Anne Peters

If there is ONE THING that you do today, let it be this ...
Don't take life WAY too seriously. — Tanya Masse