Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes About War

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  • When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

    Le Diable et le bon Dieu (The Devil and the Good Lord, 1951) act 1, first tableau
  • Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world.

  • When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.

  • There are photographers who push for war because they make stories. They search for a Chinese who has a more Chinese are than the others and they end up finding one. They have him take a typically Chinese pose and surround him with chinoiseries. What have they captured on their film? A Chinese? Definitely not: the idea of the Chinese.

  • When the rich [and politically powerful] make war, it's the poor [and politically weak] who die.

  • Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population.

  • That of War and Peace or of Almagestes. All are satisfactory. The only criterion of a work is its validity: that it should grip and that it should last.

  • It is always more valuable to report the truth.

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Jean-Paul Sartre

  • Born: June 21, 1905
  • Died: April 15, 1980
  • Occupation: Philosopher