“My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.”– George Washington Related Quotes “The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It’s not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories. The Cold war is over. Europe is at peace, if not always diplomatically.”– Tony Blair “War would end if the dead could return.”– Stanley Baldwin “I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.”– Lily Tomlin