Stop War Quotes

• Colorful demonstrations and weekend marches are vital but alone are not powerful enough to stop wars. Wars will be stopped only when soldiers refuse to fight, when workers refuse to load weapons onto ships and aircraft, when people boycott the economic outposts of Empire that are strung across the globe.

  Arundhati Roy

  Powerful, War, Fighting

  Arundhati Roy (2004). “Public Power in the Age of Empire”, p.39, Seven Stories Press

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• Peace does not mean just to stop wars, but also to stop oppression and injustice.

  Tawakkol Karman

  Peace, War, Mean

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• It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.

  Haile Selassie

  War, Men, Enemy

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• Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it.

  Noam Chomsky

  War, Stopping, Way

  "Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• Our meaning is to make our little planet Earth a better place to live, to stop wars, disarm nuclear missiles, to stop diseases, AIDS, plague, cancer and to stop pollution.

  Uri Geller

  War, Cancer, Nuclear Missiles

  "Who is the real Uri Geller?". Interview to Holistic London Guide, www.urigeller.com. 1997.

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• Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks.

  Bob Dylan

  Wall, War, Gun

  Bob Dylan (2013). “Lyrics:1962-2012”, p.72, Simon and Schuster

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• Stop war? Impossible! There is no cure for the world's disease.

  Henri Barbusse

  War, World, Disease

  Henri Barbusse (2013). “Under Fire”, p.4, Lulu Press, Inc

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• If we don't stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire.

  Pat Buchanan

  Peace, War, Empires

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• Music is magic. Music does s**t that money could never do. Music unites nations and stops wars.

  Sean Garrett

  War, Magic, Doe

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• To try to stop war by placing before men's eyes the terrible suffering involved will never succeed, because men are willing (in their thoughts and imaginations at least) to face any kind of suffering when motivated by noble aims like the vague and tremendous concept of freedom ... Or, in their humility (or sloth - who knows?) men are quite willing to leave decisions to others 'who know more about it than we do.

  Dorothy Day

  War, Humility, Eye

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• To stop war by the perfection of engines of destruction alone, might consume centuries and centuries. Other means must be employed to hasten the end.

  Nikola Tesla

  War, Mean, Perfection

  Nikola Tesla (2013). “The Wireless Tesla”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• If we are going to stop wars on this earth, we are going to have to make war on hunger our number one priority.

  David Brooks

  War, Numbers, Priorities

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• There is enough for everyone to have what they need without exploitation. Adequate distribution of resources, including education, without violence can lead to a sustainable system that doesn't stress the ecosphere. Alternately, continued violence feeds population surges and hoarding the products of exploitative extraction, which endanger the survival of our species. In short, if we want a future with humans on Earth, we've got to stop war.

  Vern Huffman

  War, Stress, Survival

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• You can't stop change any more than you can stop the suns from setting.

  Shmi Skywalker

  Sun, Menace, Settings

  "Fictional character: Shmi Skywalker". "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace", www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• Words create conceptions and self-conceptions and ultimately nations. They can start and stop wars. They can would and heal. Choosing words carefully is a moral responsibility.

  Amos Oz

  War, Responsibility, Self

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• The power of one! If I can't stop war in my life, how can I expect politicians to stop war in the world? I can't. And we all have equal wisdom, so if I can do it then I know that anyone can do it if their mind is open to answering just four simple questions and beginning there.

  Byron Katie

  War, Simple, Mind

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

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• Government is the thing. Law is the thing. Not brotherhood, not international cooperation, not security councils that can stop war only by waging it... Where does security lie, anyway - security against the thief, a bad man, the murderer? In brotherly love? Not at all. It lies in government.

  E. B. White

  War, Lying, Men

  Common Cause: A Monthly Report of the Committee to Frame a World Constitution, Vol. I, No. 2, August 1947.

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• The monk that invented gunpowder did as much to stop war as did all the sermons of his brethren.

  Austin O'Malley

  War, Gunpowder, Monk

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• Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums. Graffiti has more chance of meaning something or changing stuff than anything indoors. Graffiti has been used to start revolutions, stop wars, and generally is the voice of people who aren't listened to. Graffiti is one of those few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make somebody smile while they're having a piss.

  Banksy

  Smile, Art, War

  "Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall". Book by Banksy, 2001.

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• Enough, children. In case you haven’t noticed, we have a major situation playing out. We have to find and stop War, corral the gallu, protect Apostolos, and get Savitar out of here. (Apollymi) Why the later? (Jared) Because I hate his guts. (Apollymi) I hate you, too, precious. (Savitar)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Children, Hate, War

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• The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.

  Ted Turner

  Country, War, Goal

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• All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars

  Banksy

  War, Graffiti, Levels

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• If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon those who disagreed with them. And it is still more certain that they would make war on people who also want to stop wars but in another way.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  War, Numbers, People

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• If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road.

  George W. Bush

  Peace, War, World

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• The EU will not stop wars: it wants an army to fight them.

  John Redwood

  War, Fighting, Army

  John Redwood (2001). “Just Say No!: 100 Arguments Against the Euro”, Politico's Publishing

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