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  War Quotes - Attack is the secret of defense “The law of evolution is that the strongest survives!' 'Yes, and the strongest, in the existence of any social species, are those who are most social. In human terms, most ethical...There is no strength to be gained from hurting one another. Only weakness.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin   “The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.” ― G.K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse   “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” ― Winston Churchill   “All this time I told myself we were born from war—but I was wrong, Ma. We were born from beauty. Let no one mistake us for the fruit of violence—but that violence, having passed through the fruit, failed to spoil it.” ― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous   “All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely...

  War Quotes - Those with the least always lose the most in war   “There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War   “Mankind must put an end to war - or war will put an end to mankind. [Address before the United Nations, September 25 1961]” ― John F. Kennedy   “There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives." "And what of those who protect and defend? Those who save lives by taking lives?" "That's like trying to stop a storm by blowing harder. Ridiculous. You can't protect by killing.” ― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings   “Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?” ― Elea...

  War Quotes - I want to make love   “If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar to himself and that most of what he has been told about them is lies. The sealed world in which he lives would be broken, and the fear, hatred, and self-righteousness on which his morale depends might evaporate. It is therefore realized on all sides that however ofter Persia, or Egypt, or Java, or Ceylon may change hands, the main frontiers must never be crossed by anything except bombs.” ― George Orwell, 1984   “I want to make love, but my hair smells of war and running and running.” ― Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth   “War seems like a fine adventure, the greatest most of them will ever know. Then they get a taste of battle. For some, that one taste is enough to break them. Others go on for years, until they lose count of all the battles they have fought in, but even a man who has survived a hundred fi...