Society and the World

The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.

In times of war, the law falls silent.

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.

How is it possible to have a civil war?

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

An inglorious peace is better than a dishonorable war.

An inglorious peace is better than a dishonorable war.

One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

In time of war, when truth is so precious, it must be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore, all murderers are punished unless they kill large numbers to the sound of trumpets.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore, all murderers are punished unless they kill large numbers to the sound of trumpets.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.

War is what happens when language fails.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.