War & Violence Sayings

86 sayings found from the Modern era from 86 authors

I look upon the Whigs as an anti-national party... Believing that the policy of the party was such as must destroy the honour of the kingdom abroad and the happiness of the people at home, I considered it my duty to oppose the Whigs, to ensure their …

— Benjamin Disraeli Approx. 1830s-1840s
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It is not by speeches and majority resolutions that the great questions of the day are decided—that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849—but by iron and blood.

— Adolf Hitler 1925
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war, is much worse.

— John Stuart Mill 1862
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Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.

— Indira Gandhi 1984
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Violence on the screen increases violence in people only if those people already have sick minds. I once read somewhere that a man admitted killing three women and he said he had killed the third woman after having seen Psycho. Well, I wanted to ask …

— Alfred Hitchcock 1969
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I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death. I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet,…

— Anne Frank July 15, 1944
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