Sydney J. Harris War Quotations

"Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; "war" is what we call the violence of the strong, and we glorify it.

There is no such thing as an "atrocity" in warfare that is greater than the atrocity of warfare itself.

Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.

Nuclear war is inevitable, says the pessimists; Nuclear war is impossible, says the optimists; Nuclear war is inevitable unless we make it impossible, says the realists.

The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.