--- title: "7 European War Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 European War quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best European War sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/ernst-haeckel-20972_character_there-is-no-doubt-that-the-course-and-ch_561433.png" --- > [There is no doubt that the course and character of the feared 'European war'... will become the first world war in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-haeckel/there-is-no-doubt-that-the-course-and-character-of-the-feared/) [Ernst Haeckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-haeckel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/ernst-haeckel-20972_character_there-is-no-doubt-that-the-course-and-ch_561433.png) > [One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-von-bismarck/one-day-the-great-european-war-will-come-out-of-some-damned-foolish/) [Otto von Bismarck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otto-von-bismarck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/otto-von-bismarck-3444_balkans_one-day-the-great-european-war-will-come_725145.png) > [The E.U. is the latest of a series of multinational organizations set up after World War II to ensure that there would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-bergen/the-e-u-is-the-latest-of-a-series-of-multinational-organizations-set/) [Peter Bergen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-bergen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/peter-bergen-1880_create_the-e-u-is-the-latest-of-a-series-of-mul_881552.jpg) > [It was quite a European war until 1917, when the Americans joined up. They don't have the same sense of the loss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/it-was-quite-a-european-war-until-1917-when-the-americans-joined-up/) [Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/tom-hiddleston-1633_americans_it-was-quite-a-european-war-until-1917-w_904768.png) > [Judging from the experience of the European War, imperialism renders no great benefit to any nation, whereas liberty for all nationalities is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-yat-sen/judging-from-the-experience-of-the-european-war-imperialism-renders/) [Sun Yat-sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-yat-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/sun-yat-sen-8160_experience_judging-from-the-experience-of-the-europ_967878.jpg) > [The first 'world' war was in reality the last European war fought by globally significant European powers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-brzezinski/the-first-world-war-was-in-reality-the-last-european-war-fought-by/) [Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-brzezinski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f7/zbigniew-brzezinski-1312_first-world-war_the-first-world-war-was-in-reality-the-l_1206203.jpg) > [Mr. Shaw came for a short time recently to be regarded less as an author than as an incident in the European…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wilson-lynd/mr-shaw-came-for-a-short-time-recently-to-be-regarded-less-as-an/) [Robert Wilson Lynd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wilson-lynd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/robert-wilson-lynd-19511_allies_mr-shaw-came-for-a-short-time-recently-t_2278917.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/european-war/#itemlist", "name": "European War Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no doubt that the course and character of the feared 'European war'... will become the first world war in the full sense of the word.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ernst Haeckel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-haeckel/there-is-no-doubt-that-the-course-and-character-of-the-feared/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/ernst-haeckel-20972_character_there-is-no-doubt-that-the-course-and-ch_561433.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/ernst-haeckel-20972_character_there-is-no-doubt-that-the-course-and-ch_561433.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/ernst-haeckel-20972_character_there-is-no-doubt-that-the-course-and-ch_561433.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is no doubt that the course and character of the feared 'European war'... will become the first world…” — Ernst Haeckel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Otto von Bismarck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-von-bismarck/one-day-the-great-european-war-will-come-out-of-some-damned-foolish/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/otto-von-bismarck-3444_balkans_one-day-the-great-european-war-will-come_725145.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/otto-von-bismarck-3444_balkans_one-day-the-great-european-war-will-come_725145.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/otto-von-bismarck-3444_balkans_one-day-the-great-european-war-will-come_725145.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).” — Otto von Bismarck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The E.U. is the latest of a series of multinational organizations set up after World War II to ensure that there would never again be a pan-European war and to create the conditions for a new European prosperity after the destruction wrought by the war against the Nazis. 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