War Quotes · Page 342

And of course there is so much of World War II that is documented that we never have seen

— Oliver North

Going onstage is like going into battle. You're ultimately there to win. It's driven and fuelled by passion and a desire to…

— Keith Flint

Step by step, heart to heart, left right left We all fall down like toy soldiers Bit by bit, torn apart, we…

— Eminem

Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Our adversaries must see diplomacy as their best option because war with the United States will force them to bear enormous costs.

— Mark Esper

“I guess that’s the problem when you really get to know someone. You learn all their triggers and emotional buttons, and unfortunately,…

— Samantha Young

“Do you think that they, with their Battles, Famine, Black Death and Serfdom, were less enlightened than we are, with our Wars,…

— T.H. White

“The adjacent shores resounded with the alternate shouts of the sons of liberty and the groans of their parting spirits.”

— William Apess

Truth usually makes no sense. If your desire is for everything to make perfect sense, then you should take refuge in fiction.…

— Peter David

When your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home,…

— Cory Booker

“I shall remain vigilant and unyielding in my pursuit of the enemies of the Coalition. I will defend and maintain the Order…

— Karen Traviss

I strongly believe that a small Jewish clique which has contempt for the mass of Jewish people worked with non-Jews to create…

— David Icke

“It was like the face of some ancient archangel, judging justly after heroic wars. There was laughter in the eyes, and in…

— G.K. Chesterton

On each side of the war against war, hopes soar, hopes dive, hour by hour now. Resignations abound, timetables slip, and the…

— Margo Kingston

I am a Quaker. And as everyone knows, Quakers, for 300 years, have, on conscientious ground, been against participating in war. I…

— Bayard Rustin

“The echo of two boys playing in a pool testing each other to see who could hold their breath the longest. ……

— Talon P.S

I think it would be cool if Hugh Jackman showed up in 'Avengers: Infinity War,' even if just for a tryout.

— Chris Claremont

I've lived in Egypt among Christians and Muslims, and we never had a conflict. Now you have a conflict between Christians and…

— Nawal El Saadawi

“The best teachers seem to acknowledge the conflict between their vocations, reach some kind of internal compromise, and go on.”

— David Foster Wallace

And I'm a slow writer: five, six hundred words is a good day. That's the reason it took me 20 years to…

— Shelby Foote

I was a federal public defender during the most important years of the drug war. I saw people go to jail for…

— Ayelet Waldman

Before journalism, I had worked doing medical aid work in conflict zones. Then, as a journalist, I had written about hospitals in…

— Sheri Fink

A cosmic war is like a ritual drama in which participants act out on Earth a battle they believe is actually taking…

— Reza Aslan

I learned from my grandmother, who grew up in devastating war times, how important it is to keep with tradition and celebrate…

— Marcus Samuelsson

“Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.…

— Francis Chan

Partly because women in the U.S. are better represented in the hierarchies, the culture wars over gender there have been particularly fierce.

— Linda Colley

“Takes more than combat gear to make a man Takes more than a license for a gun Confront your enemies, avoid them…

— Sting

Real teams don't emerge unless individuals on them take risks involving conflict, trust, interdependence and hard work.

— John Katzenbach

I have always been willing to admit when I made a mistake. I made a mistake in my understanding of the composition…

— Bianca Jagger

You have to make sure you know why you are going to war and then use decisive force to end it as…

— Colin Powell

Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.

— Gregory Bateson

The joy of the Lord is your strength and the person of Christ is your unassailable joy - and the battle for…

— Ann Voskamp

War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.

— A. A. Milne

“I am here to urge [you] that all must recognize that simulation is fundamental to readiness for war,”

— Annie Jacobsen

Ignorant of the arts of luxury, the primitive Romans had improved the science of government and war.

— Edward Gibbon

Libya as a country is a relatively new concept. The period of Libya as a modern nation really starts after World War…

— Elliott Abrams

When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory.

— Sun Tzu

War buddies don't exist in the meeting room. It's a battle between a lot of different officers. Some continue fighting when they…

— Hideo Kojima

Think of the war against terrorism. In my view, Washington's approach can be compared to a doctor constantly banging away at a…

— Bashar al-Assad

I want peace, and believe it can only be reached through union and war, and I will ever conduct war with a…

— William Tecumseh Sherman