When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war.

In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli.

Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people.

War itself is the enemy of the human race.

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death.

No matter how many people you kill, using a machine gun in battle is not a war crime because it does not cause unnecessary suffering; it simply performs its job horrifyingly well.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

This new thing about liking yourself, I find that absolutely appalling. Anyone who likes themselves, I just can't go too close to them. To me it's pure stupidity. But having some peace with yourself, that's quite a relief.