--- title: "7 Longest War Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Longest War quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Longest War sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/michael-baumgartner-45136_about_a-trillion-dollars-spent-2-000-american_154103.jpg" --- > [A trillion dollars spent, 2,000 American lives lost - Afghanistan is the longest war in American history. But you don't hear a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-baumgartner/a-trillion-dollars-spent-2-000-american-lives-lost-afghanistan-is-the/) [Michael Baumgartner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-baumgartner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/michael-baumgartner-45136_about_a-trillion-dollars-spent-2-000-american_154103.jpg) > [One of the themes of 'The Longest War,' my book, which came out before the Arab spring happened, was how al-Qaida and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-bergen/one-of-the-themes-of-the-longest-war-my-book-which-came-out-before/) [Peter Bergen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-bergen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/peter-bergen-1880_arab-spring_one-of-the-themes-of-the-longest-war-my_175433.jpg) > [The cold war was the longest war in United States history. Because of the nuclear capabilities of our enemy it was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-reid/the-cold-war-was-the-longest-war-in-united-states-history-because-of/) [Harry Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-reid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/harry-reid-7718_capability_the-cold-war-was-the-longest-war-in-unit_194017.jpg) > [The military alone cannot end the conflict in Afghanistan. On that much nearly everyone can agree, offering a rare island of consensus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gayle-tzemach-lemmon/the-military-alone-cannot-end-the-conflict-in-afghanistan-on-that/) [Gayle Tzemach Lemmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gayle-tzemach-lemmon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17a/gayle-tzemach-lemmon-13993_afghanistan_the-military-alone-cannot-end-the-confli_684538.png) > [Every generation has its war. I have just been reminded of mine. It ended in 1989, 43 years after it began, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-jenkins/every-generation-has-its-war-i-have-just-been-reminded-of-mine-it/) [Simon Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/simon-jenkins-35233_battle_every-generation-has-its-war-i-have-just_858655.jpg) > [“America’s longest war is the war on drugs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/america-s-longest-war-is-the-war-on-drugs/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/don-winslow-3586_drugs_america-s-longest-war-is-the-war-on-drug_1238426.png) > [Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/four-years-ago-i-promised-to-end-the-war-in-iraq-we-did-i-promised-to-2/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10f/barack-obama-17_afghanistan_four-years-ago-i-promised-to-end-the-war_2519098.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/longest-war/#itemlist", "name": "Longest War Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A trillion dollars spent, 2,000 American lives lost - Afghanistan is the longest war in American history. 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