T. S. Eliot Quotes about War

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War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored nor accepted.

War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored nor accepted.

T. S. Eliot

War, May, Ignored

T.S. Eliot (2015). “The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems”, p.215, Faber & Faber

Justice itself tends to be corrupted by political passion.

T. S. Eliot

Peace, War, Passion

When war is not just it is subsequently justified; so it becomes many things. In reality, an unjust war is merely piracy. It consists of piracy, ego and, more than anything, money. War is our century's prostitution.

T. S. Eliot

War, Reality, Ego

That meddling in other people's affairs...formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of intervention.

T. S. Eliot

Peace, War, Names

War among men defiles this world.

T. S. Eliot

War, Men, World

T.S. Eliot (2011). “The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot”, p.245, Faber & Faber

We took up our positions, in obedience to instructions.

T. S. Eliot

War, Obedience, Instruction

T.S. Eliot (2015). “The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume II: Practical Cats and Further Verses”, p.551, Faber & Faber

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as it is barbarously said, liquidating enemies, is one of the most alarming developments of modern war and peace, from the point of view of those who desire the survival

T. S. Eliot

War, Views, Survival

T. S. Eliot (2014). “Notes towards the Definition of Culture”, p.60, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt