George Mikes Quotes

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

War settles nothing.

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

War's stupid. Nobody wins. You might as well talk first; you have to talk last anyway.

Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one.

War doesn't need more participants. It needs fewer participants.

War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.

It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.

I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.

In this age there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war. We must recognize the obligation to match national strength with national restraint.

The alternative is not war or doing nothing. Whoever rejects war is not doomed to appeasement.

If you're against war, you're against war regardless of what happens. It's a wrong method of trying to settle a dispute.

I think war is so incredibly backward, and I don't think it's intelligent, and it's not sane. So why would you want to support it?

Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.

We advised them to do what they think proper against the war.

A joke's a very serious thing.

Number one, that it is smart to communicate and negotiate with your enemy instead of just waging war with bombs and weapons of mass destruction.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

Nothing can justify war.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.

I can't find a reason to be for this war. I've looked, and I can't, so I'm not.