12 Famous Quotes About War On World Peace, Death, Violence

Happy Veterans Day and Remembrance Day. Regardless of how bad and horrible war is, there is no denying war, especially World War 2 contributed greatly to the advancement of Science, Technology and Medicine. This is because the need to survive and win the war, all countries involved poured unlimited resources into science and technology to develop the best weapons to defeat their enemies, to find the best medicine (example penicillin during the Great War) for their soldiers.

See More ▼ 10 Famous Quotes By Some of the World’s Worst Dictators

For example, Nazi Germany gave us Jet Engine technology and Rockets, USA gave us Atomic Energy, United Kingdom gave us Radar and Computer. The Cold War gave us Satellite, Internet, GPS and many more. Not to mention advances in medicine because the country with the best medicine is more likely to save their soldiers and quickly redeploy them back into the battlefield.

There are always two sides to a coin. As the saying goes, there are no good guys or bad guys in a war, only winners and losers. As George Orwell puts it beautifully, “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.”

Either war is obsolete or men are. – R. Buckminster Fuller

In war there is no prize for runner-up. – General Omar Bradley

There was never a good war or a bad peace. – Benjamin Franklin

War is a cowardly escape from the problem of peace. – Thomas Mann

You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time. – Albert Einstein

Violence is the first refuge of the incompetent. – Issac Asimov

The tragedy of war is that it uses man’s best to do man’s worst. – Henry Fosdick

Only the dead have seen the end of war. – Plato

War does not determine who is right, only who is left. – Bertrand Russell

In peace, sons bury their father. In war, fathers bury their sons. – Croesus

Violence is a disease. You don’t cure a disease by spreading it to more people. – Game of Thrones

War is where the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other. – Niko Bellic