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Carnage Quotes

Sober reflections on conflict, history, and lasting devastation.

These quotes describe carnage in different historical contexts, from the American Civil War to modern battles and ongoing conflict.

As I watch what is happening in the Middle East and the carnage that comes over our television screens every evening, I cannot help but ask myself, what is wrong with humankind that we cannot stop the killing?

Quotes by Marcy Kaptur

There's been a streak of vengeance and carnage in all of Dylan's records except for the Christmas record, since 2001, since 'Love and Theft.' Particularly on 'Modern Times' in 2006.

Quotes by Greil Marcus

Dictators cause the world's worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton...

Quotes by George Ayittey

In the middle of the nineteenth century, the United States embarked on a new relationship with death, entering into a civil war that proved bloodier than any other conflict in American history, a war that would presage the slaughter of...

Quotes by Drew Gilpin Faust

American Quotes

The American Civil War produced carnage that has often been thought reserved for the combination of technological proficiency and inhumanity characteristic of a later time.

Quotes by Drew Gilpin Faust

I don't think tablets are where we should be focused. But I do think they could end up being an efficient way of delivering textbooks. They're just not really that, yet. There's all sorts of poisons and mined minerals and...

Quotes by Douglas Rushkoff

I am struck by how casually we as a nation react to the carnage in Iraq.

Quotes by Charles B. Rangel

It requires an effort of logical acrobatics to believe that carnage of innocents is an instrument for freedom and elections are a symbol of deception and repression!

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history.

Quotes by Antonio Tabucchi

Battles Quotes

The first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of carnage - though when you looked closely, there were little jokes and speech bubbles and odd things going on in the background.

Quotes by Anthony Browne

Frequently Asked Questions

What historical events do these carnage quotes reference?
They reference the American Civil War, modern Middle East conflict shown on television, and broader devastation caused by dictatorship.
Is a specific war mentioned by name?
Yes, the American Civil War is referenced directly as producing carnage comparable to later, more technologically advanced conflicts.
Do the quotes take a political side on any conflict?
No, the quotes are presented factually, reflecting recorded observations about conflict and its human cost without endorsing any position.
Is music connected to the theme of carnage?
Yes, one quote notes a streak of vengeance and carnage running through a musician's records over several years.
What other quotes relate to conflict and history?
The battles quotes collection offers a closely related look at conflict throughout history.

Another quote links carnage directly to dictatorship and corruption, framing devastation as something caused by leadership failures rather than any single group of people.