"Accursed be he that first invented war."

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"War is a bad thing, but peace can be a living horror."

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"This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war."

William Tecumseh Sherman, American Soldier

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"This country was filled with violent children orphaned by war."

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"Fire supposed he needed to be there in order to give rousing speeches and lead the charge into the fray, or whatever is was commanders did in wartime. She resented his competence at something so tragic and senseless. She wished he, or somebody, would throw down his sword and say, 'Enough! This is a silly way to decide who's in charge!' And it seemed to her, as the beds in the healing room filled and emptied and filled, that these battles didn't leave much to be in charge of. The kingdom was already broken, and this war was tearing the broken pieces smaller."

Kristin Cashore, American Author

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"War is a defeat for humanity."

Pope John Paul II, Polish Clergyman

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"Millions of men, renouncing their human feelings and reason, had to go from west to east to slay their fellows, just as some centuries previously hordes of men had come from the east to the west slaying their fellows."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

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"Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one."

Will Rogers, American Actor

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"War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides."

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