I always felt that if countries knew each other better, there would be less war. Often, conflict goes with demonizing other countries and cultures.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the people of the world to be ever mindful that there are better means of settling such disputes than by war.
I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.
A war is a horrible thing, but it's also a unifier of countries.
War does horrible things to human beings, to societies. It brings out the best, but most often the worst, in our human nature.
Everybody knows that love is better than hate, and peace is better than war.
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.
By intensity of hatred, nations create in themselves the character that they imagine in their enemies. Hence it comes that all passionate conflicts result in an interchange of characteristics. We might say with truth, those who hate open a door by which their enemies enter and make their own the secret places of the heart.
Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
Conflicts are never caused in any simple way by identity, culture or economics. Where resources are scarce, or there are strong historical memories of conflict, small events are more likely to inflame passions.