Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

You can’t have peace without a war.

Against war it may be said that it makes the victor stupid and the vanquished revengeful.

War is an act of force, and to the application of that force there is no limit. Each of the adversaries forces the hand of the other, and a reciprocal action results which in theory can have no limit.

If you wish for peace, understand war.

How could we live without the sword?

The last time I saw you Gooks was when you were shooting at me.

What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.

The root of war is fear.

War is the normal state of the people.

If we have to go to war, we will.

The story of the human race is war. Except for brief and precarious interludes there has never been peace in the world; and long before history began murderous strife was universal and unending.

There can be no compromise with war.

My voice is still for war.

It is fear which leads us to war, ... It is fear which leads us to believe that we must kill or be killed. Fear which leads us to attack those who have not attacked us. Fear which leads us to ring our nation in the very heavens with weapons of mass destruction.

I want war. To me all means will be right. My motto is not "Don't, whatever you do, annoy the enemy." My motto is "Destroy him by all and any means." I am the one who will wage the war!

I like war.

We wanted this war and now we've got it, and I'm not sure that we know what to do with it.

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.

I don't like fights. I don't like aggressive people.

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.

There are no warlike people - just warlike leaders.

Well, I asked him who would start the war first.

Well, if they are trying to kill you, on the whole they're the people you have to kill, aren't they?

Everyone is interested in war, in that people don't want it to happen. I'm much more interested in peace than in war but it's important to understand why we fight.

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.