War Quotes · Page 223

The reality is no one knows how much it will cost us to wage war with Iraq.

— Kent Conrad

“Battle is for an army to win or lose; war is for civilization to win or lose.”

— Ian C. Esslemont

I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it.

— Madeleine Albright

When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realised the wisdom of strategy.

— Miyamoto Musashi

You'd have civil war. You'd have a race war in this country.

— Malcolm X

If America cannot win a war in a week, it begins negotiating with itself.

— William Safire

Learn to recognize and combat the enemies of potential.

— Myles Munroe

I was going to war for many years, I was brawling too much.

— Vicente Luque

I do love 'Star Wars,' although I'm not one of those crazy fans who knows everything about everyone.

— Evangeline Lilly

“The effect of modern war is to eliminate retrogressive types, while sparing the technocracy and increasing its hold upon public affairs.”

— C.S. Lewis

Is this dying? Is this all? Is this what I feared when I prayed against a hard death? Oh, I can bear…

— Cotton Mather

If I was a soldier going to war, I'd be pretty scared the night before a battle. It's a scary thing. And…

— George R. R. Martin

Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift…

— Douglas MacArthur

“You must always think of it like that if you can. Think of it all as - as romantic. It helps.”

— R.C. Sherriff

In this age of remote-controlled pushbutton war, we must all try very, very hard to remain human beings.

— Jane Fonda

I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.

— Fidel Castro

Regional interest rate differentials persisted until around the time of World War I and helped shape the attitudes of Americans living in…

— Jerome Powell

In the beginning of the war, Southern women wanted their men to leave - in droves, and as quickly as possible. They…

— Karen Abbott

“... the atmosphere of war brutalizes everyone involved, begets a fanaticism in which the original moral factor is buried at the bottom…

— Howard Zinn

In fact, for just about 1/6 of the cost of an Iraq War, we could have put the social security system on…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Once this key conflict is eased, it will have a huge impact on the world. It will take time to find a…

— Mathias Rust

The US and UK governments' relentless backing for the global spread of genetically modified seeds was in fact the implementation of a…

— F. William Engdahl

“Portland, Maine was the site of one of the northernmost skirmishes of the Civil War! Called the Battle of Portland Harbor, it…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Salty & Saucy Maine

We let the lyrics be the focus of the song. Which is not what you hear with some of the zeitgeisty bands,…

— Taylor Goldsmith

I do not want to see perpetual warfare in the Middle East.

— Bernie Sanders

All future wars, all future accidents will be live wars and live accidents.

— Paul Virilio

“I have heard that in war haste can be folly, but have never seen delay that was wise.”

— Sun Tzu

Just because I'm losing a battle, doesn't mean I'm losing the war.

— Melchor Lim

“In the fall the war was always there, but we did not go to it anymore.”

— Ernest Hemingway

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

— Carly Simon

Once war has been undertaken, no peace is made by pretending there is no war.

— Paritoshik Sharma

“All crimes, all hatreds, all wars can be reduced to unhappiness.”

— Anonymous

“Oblivion has always been the most trustworthy guardian of classified files.”

— Lee Sandlin

The battle for the world is the battle for definitions.

— Thomas Szasz

The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.

— Malala Yousafzai

I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.

— Francois Rabelais

If you make an honest picture of war, it will be an antiwar photograph.

— James Nachtwey

South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum.

— James L. Petigru

In the intervals between battles, the Warrior rests.

— Paulo Coelho

I had the 'War of the Worlds' comic book. I had lots of comic books.

— Roky Erickson