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title: "17 Thing War Quotes by 14 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Thing War quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Thing War sayings and thoughts."
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> [The bad thing of war is, that it makes more evil people than it can take away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-kant/the-bad-thing-of-war-is-that-it-makes-more-evil-people-than-it-can/)

[Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-kant/)

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> [The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fussell/the-worst-thing-about-war-was-the-sitting-around-and-wondering-what/)

[Paul Fussell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fussell/)

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> [The appalling thing about war is that it kills all love of truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-brandes/the-appalling-thing-about-war-is-that-it-kills-all-love-of-truth/)

[Georg Brandes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-brandes/)

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> [“What a terrible thing war is, what a terrible thing!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/what-a-terrible-thing-war-is-what-a-terrible-thing/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [The worst thing about war is that so many people enjoy it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-glasgow/the-worst-thing-about-war-is-that-so-many-people-enjoy-it/)

[Ellen Glasgow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-glasgow/)

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> [“That's the attractive thing about war. Absolutely everything gets a little something”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/that-s-the-attractive-thing-about-war-absolutely-everything-gets-a/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [“Maybe it's a terrible thing, to keep a war to yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/maybe-it-s-a-terrible-thing-to-keep-a-war-to-yourself/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

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> [All efforts to render politics aesthetic culminate in one thing: war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-benjamin/all-efforts-to-render-politics-aesthetic-culminate-in-one-thing-war/)

[Walter Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-benjamin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/walter-benjamin-1723_aesthetic_all-efforts-to-render-politics-aesthetic_3217.jpg)

> [What a fine-looking thing is war! Yet, dress it as we may, dress and feather it, daub it with gold, huzza it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-william-jerrold/what-a-fine-looking-thing-is-war-yet-dress-it-as-we-may-dress-and/)

[Douglas William Jerrold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-william-jerrold/)

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> [And the next thing is that every war is going to astonish you in the way it occurred, and in the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-d-eisenhower/and-the-next-thing-is-that-every-war-is-going-to-astonish-you-in-the/)

[Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-d-eisenhower/)

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> [A nice thing about war-not that anything about war is nice, I guess-is that while it's going on and you're in it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/a-nice-thing-about-war-not-that-anything-about-war-is-nice-i-guess-is/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/kurt-vonnegut-41_doing-right_a-nice-thing-about-war-not-that-anything_3177441.jpg)

> [There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/there-is-hardly-such-a-thing-as-a-war-in-which-it-makes-no-difference/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [“That's the thing about war: it's never enough to disable the buildings, to blow holes into their middles; instead, they're hit over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/izzeldin-abuelaish/that-s-the-thing-about-war-it-s-never-enough-to-disable-the-buildings/)

[Izzeldin Abuelaish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/izzeldin-abuelaish/)

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> [All efforts to make politics aesthetic culminate in one thing, war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-benjamin/all-efforts-to-make-politics-aesthetic-culminate-in-one-thing-war/)

[Walter Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-benjamin/)

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> [But what a cruel thing is war to separate and destroy families and friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-lee/but-what-a-cruel-thing-is-war-to-separate-and-destroy-families-and/)

[Robert E. Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-lee/)

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> [It's a good thing war is so terrible or else we'd get to liking it too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-frazier/it-s-a-good-thing-war-is-so-terrible-or-else-we-d-get-to-liking-it/)

[Charles Frazier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-frazier/)

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> [That’s the attractive thing about war,” said Rosewater. “Absolutely everybody gets a little something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/that-s-the-attractive-thing-about-war-said-rosewater-absolutely/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/kurt-vonnegut-41_attractive_that-s-the-attractive-thing-about-war-sa_2798134.jpg)

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