War Quotes · Page 101

There is no war so important that to win it, we must destroy our minds.

— Greg Bear

I began college during the Iraq War and initially wanted to be a foreign correspondent.

— Kasie Hunt

I have survived two wars, two wives and Hitler.

— Albert Einstein

Close combat, man to man, is plainly to be regarded as the real basis of combat.

— Carl von Clausewitz

The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Two things are always the same the dance and war.

— Gertrude Stein

Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.

— Ralph Peters

America lost its face with the debacle of the Vietnam War.

— Tiny Tim

He remembers the five rules of combat set down by Chuan Tzu - faith, companions, time, space and strategy.

— Paulo Coelho

“Every time a war ends, under a beautiful sun, on the face of a crying child; I see a rainbow of hope…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Our countries have been friends dating to the very existence of the United States. France is the only power that has never…

— Marine Le Pen

Every nation has its war party... It is commercial, imperialistic, ruthless. It tolerates no opposition.

— Anonymous

Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?

— Zebulon Pike

One cannot deny that if a person has the energy to get you interested and excited, then that is half the battle…

— Gale Harold

I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down but I bite my lip and keep quiet.

— Abraham Lincoln

“I have waged this war against myself for many years. It was terrible, But now I am disarmed. [ opening lines, quoted…

— Athenagoras of Constantinople

“If mankind could live according to ideals, there would be no wars.Children would not starve, the old would die with dignity. But…

— Ichiro Sakaki

For a warrior, nothing is higher than a war against evil. The warrior confronted with such a war should be pleased, Arjuna,…

— Swami Vivekananda

You can think of the entire Internet as a place where ideas embodied in cyberspace are having a war, and it's not…

— Jordan Peterson

There's a tendency to locate the cliche of the 'strong woman' exclusively in the present day, as if those many women who…

— David Hepworth

In this room we understand why this war might be fought...it's about our common belief that no one has the right to…

— Deborah Harkness

“...civilization has absolutely no need of nobility or heroism. These things are symptoms of political inefficiency. In a properly organized society like…

— Aldous Huxley

The prevailing move in American society to a permanent war status does more than promote a set of unifying symbols that embrace…

— Henry Giroux

Then, when much blood had clogged their chariot-wheels I would go up and wash them from sweet wells, Even with truths that…

— Wilfred Owen

The Vietnam war was fought over portion size.

— Jon Stewart

A goal is a planned conflict with the status quo.

— Hyrum W. Smith

I think most conflicts do end with negotiated settlements; some don't, but most do.

— Richard Armitage

Poppies bleed petals of sheer excess. You and I, this sweet battle ground.

— Janet Fitch

The next battle being fought by e-commerce companies will be for customer loyalty.

— Priyanka Gill

It must now atone in blood for its complicity in wickedness.

— Abraham Lincoln

“... but is it crime or an act of war?" Depends on who's telling the story ...”

— Lavie Tidhar

“In times of war, the law falls silent. Silent enim leges inter arma ”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Certain blood will be given for half certain reasons, as in all wars.

— Saul Bellow

“The world [...] an endless battle of contrasting memories.”

— Haruki Murakami

There is no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland.

— George W. Bush

“War isn't about making history war is about breaking the present.”

— Christoforos Darbinian

World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole.

— Barry Commoner

There are more battles won through prayer than by any other means.

— Chuck Smith

Wars are getting longer, they are more complex, and the humanitarian need is great.

— Peter Maurer

Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves.

— Joseph Priestley