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Quotes that Analyze the Nature of War and Violence https://everydaypeacebuilding.com/
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1. “I went into the Army believing that
if you want peace you must prepare for war. I now believe that if you prepare
thoroughly for war you will get it.” – Sir John Frederick Maurice (Military
leader, 1841 – 1912, England)
2. “Every war when it comes, or before
it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a
homicidal maniac.” – George Orwell (Writer, 1903 – 1950, England)
3. “All war is based on deception.” –
Sun Tzu (Military strategist, philosopher, 544 BC – 496 BC, China)
4. “Can anything be stupider than that a
man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the river
and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarreled with him?” –
Blaise Pascal (Physicist, philosopher, writer, 1623 – 1662, France)
5. “War is the unfolding of miscalculations.” – Barbara Tuchman (Historian, writer, 1912 – 1989, USA)
