War was simply a slaughterhouse on wheels, he thought. For…

don’t believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people…

— Anne Frank

War is simply a battle of egos. A desire to surpass your adversary.

— Anonymous

I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise,…

— Anne Frank

They [politicians] have defined the war simply in terms of the detonation of explosives. When you look at the broader picture, America is mired…

— Michael Scheuer

“Remember, my boy, I never fight for the pleasure of wielding weapons. War, for me, is simply politics by other means.”

— Valerio Massimo Manfredi

I cannot understand how something as ubiquitous as war can simply be dismissed as pathological. It is not clear to me that it is…

— George Friedman

“War is simply the continuation of politics by other means”

— Carl von Clausewitz

“To these people the war is simply a continuous calamity which sweeps to and fro over their bodies like a tidal wave. Which side…

— George Orwell

“Every course of action you take in life needs to be seen as a war. Why? Simply put, you will be exerting effort, expending…

— Anthony D. Jensen

War is simply a battle of egos. A desire to surpass your adversary. Im afraid that as long as both sides feel this way,…

— Eternal Sonata

I've grown up, luckily, with only a distant relationship to war and soldiering.

— Michael Winter

“He could live in this shifting place of betrayals within betrayals, of no loyalties honored, of the strong crushing the weak, no more. He…

— Kathleen Koen

“You are all soldiers of Christ," he said, "and now is an opportunity given to you to show that you are worthy soldiers. When…

— G. A. HENTY

Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?

— Mike Jackson

“I was being cured of soldiering on endlessly: my job was now to be still, which had become almost easy at last.”

— Rebecca Solnit