Violence/war

Famous quotes containing the words violence and/or war:

“The violence of love is as much to be dreaded as that of hate.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less fortunate the chance of war presents itself as a possible bountiful friend.”
—Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)