Anti-War Quotes and Messages

War is a devastating force that can cause immense suffering and loss. It is important to remember the human cost of war and to speak out against it. These anti-war quotes can help us to raise awareness of the dangers of war and to promote peace.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.

There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.

If we don't end the war, war will end us.

If we don't end the war, war will end us.

It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way.

It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way.

War is organized murder, and nothing else.

War is organized murder, and nothing else.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

If you're anti-war it doesn't mean you are pro one side or the other in a conflict.

If you're anti-war it doesn't mean you are pro one side or the other in a conflict.

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

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

No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.

No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.

Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Wars are not paid for in wartime. The bill comes later.

Wars are not paid for in wartime. The bill comes later.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

No war has ever won in the history, because people died in every single war! Where there are deaths, there is no victory!

No war has ever won in the history, because people died in every single war! Where there are deaths, there is no victory!

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

No more wars, no more bloodshed. Peace unto you. Shalom, salaam, forever.

No more wars, no more bloodshed. Peace unto you. Shalom, salaam, forever.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.

The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

It is our true policy to steer clear of entangling alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

It is our true policy to steer clear of entangling alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.

I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

The more money you spend on guns, the less money you spend on people! More weapons, less happiness; more guns, more misery!

The more money you spend on guns, the less money you spend on people! More weapons, less happiness; more guns, more misery!

A country which prefers guns to flowers will live the beauty of the flowers only in its graveyards!

A country which prefers guns to flowers will live the beauty of the flowers only in its graveyards!