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> [There are things worth fighting for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/there-are-things-worth-fighting-for/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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> [Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-smith/don-t-forget-incoming-fire-has-the-right-of-way/)

[Clint Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72a/clint-smith-4108_american-military_don-t-forget-incoming-fire-has-the-right_2296529.jpg)

> [War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/war-s-a-game-which-were-their-subjects-wise-kings-would-not-play-at/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/william-cowper-779_anti-war_war-s-a-game-which-were-their-subjects-w_1992527.png)

> [War is the only game in which both sides lose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-scott/war-is-the-only-game-in-which-both-sides-lose/)

[Walter Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/walter-scott-775_anti-war_war-is-the-only-game-in-which-both-sides_1119400.png)

> [They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sedgwick/they-couldn-t-hit-an-elephant-at-this-dist/)

[John Sedgwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sedgwick/)

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> [The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/the-soldier-above-all-other-people-prays-for-peace-for-he-must-suffer/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/942/douglas-macarthur-2344_bears_the-soldier-above-all-other-people-prays_1442881.png)

> [What could I do but go with them Civil War soldiers, or work for them and my country? The patriot blood of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-barton/what-could-i-do-but-go-with-them-civil-war-soldiers-or-work-for-them/)

[Clara Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-barton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a7/clara-barton-16924_blood_what-could-i-do-but-go-with-them-civil-w_951036.png)

> [When this war is over, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-halsey/when-this-war-is-over-the-japanese-language-will-be-spoken-only-in/)

[William Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-halsey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26f/william-halsey-31828_american-soldier_when-this-war-is-over-the-japanese-langu_326294.png)

> [In time of war, soldiers, however sensible, care a great deal more on some occasions about slaking their thirst than about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/in-time-of-war-soldiers-however-sensible-care-a-great-deal-more-on/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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