Hilary Henkin Quotes

War is the continuation of politics." In this sense war is politics and war itself is political action.... It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

All terrorism is theater.

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion, that no time was available for reflection and consideration.

One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.

War is not some sort of Nintendo video game.

War... some people glamorise war and glorify war. It's not nice, from whatever point of view you come from.

There is no passion to which the rulers of a people can address themselves with greater [political] effect [than war.]

War is so complex that it is beyond the capability of the human mind to understand all the variables.

I like war.

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

During the early months of the war in 1914 there was a conflict of opinion between the War Office and the Foreign Office regarding news from the Front.

War is the science of destruction.

At the Imperial Conference on December 1, it was decided to make war against England and the United States.

In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.

War is not a petri dish to examine and analyze our emotions.

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

War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.

It's an important fact of life, war.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

War is the ultimate reality-based horror show.

People have a very political way of looking at war, and that's understandable.