Hideo Kojima Quotes

Nothing can justify war.

Morality is contraband in war.

Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.

We must begin by acknowledging the hard truth: We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations—acting individually or in concert—will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified.

The essential effect of war on a citizen's conscience is nothing but a legalization and glorification of things that in times of peace constitute crime.

The Artillery Barrage: The last reasoning of Kings.

I join with you most cordially in rejoicing at the return of peace. I hope it will be lasting, and that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason to settle their differences without cutting throats; for, in my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace.

Vice foments war; it is virtue which actually fights. If there were no virtue, we would live in peace forever.

War is always an option. Peace is not.

We are advocates of the abolition of war, we do not want war; but war can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace.

The Iraqis, because they had become so tired of war, they were very peaceful and easy to work with. But the Syrian children—–the boys—–they have this idea, "We have to go back to Syria to fight": They hear this constantly from their fathers—–you're going to be a soldier and go back to Syria—–so they're little rebels, not little kids. It's all about ... how they need to go back and avenge what happened.

Major General Thomas Jesup has committed an unprecedented violation of that sacred rule which has ever been recognized by every nation, civilized and uncivilized, of treating with all due respect those who had ever presented themselves under a flag of truce before the enemy, for the purpose of proposing the termination of warfare.

Military action without political context is ineffective.

Yoiu have to fight in order to live in peace.

If you disapprove of violence, then you can't think there is any age when violence is appropriate.

'Sicario' is about how the Western world reacts toward problems outside of its borders. Should we become monsters in order to fight the monsters? It's not about the cartels. The movie could have been set in Africa or the Middle East.

War is always a matter of doing evil in the hope that good may come of it.

I hope...that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace.

You cannot organize civilization around the core of militarism and at the same time expect reason to control human destinies.

It is impossible for human beings, constituted as they are, both to fight and to have ideals.

It is difficult to judge, when both sides are employing weapons of violence, which side 'deserves' to succeed.

Fighting with anybody is very dangerous because you become like your enemy.

It is better to have a war for justice than peace in injustice.

Had courage, wisdom, and reason always prevailed in people, there would not have been oppressions and oppressors.