“Fairness is a wonderful attribute, Major Anderson. It has nothing to do with war.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
War was never so careful as to inflict suffering only where it was merited. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Any decent person who knows what warfare is can never go into battle with a whole heart. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Strategies and formations were nice, but they were nothing if the soldiers didn’t know how to handle themselves in battle.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The classes were valuable, but the real education was the game.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
But I fear that I also underestimate the stupidity of the rest of mankind. Are we absolutely sure that we ought to… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“When it comes down to it, though, the real decision is inevitable: If one of us has to be destroyed, let's make… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Not many people are enemies to anyone. But the ones full of greed or hate, pride or fear—their passion is strong enough… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other.' 'If the other fellow can't tell you his story, you… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Ender, for the past few months you have been the battle commander of our fleets. This was the Third Invasion. There were… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“the power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you can't kill… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“When armies benefit from being perceived as necessary, and war provides a means of gaining prestige and leverage over the government,” said… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“She [Queen Isabella] will look at you as women look at men. She will judge you as women judge men. Not on… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Ender knew that at this moment he might be able to walk out of the room and end the battle. The way… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“So what do we do now?” asked Alai. “The bugger war’s over, and so’s the war down there on Earth, and even… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
She will look at you as women look at men, and she will judge you as a woman judge men...not on the… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
And above all, what does being liberal have to do with opposing, or, uh, supporting the war against terror? Our enemies in… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Ender stepped under the water and rinsed himself, took the sweat of combat and let it run down the drain. All gone,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I'm a Democrat voting for Bush, even though on economic issues, from taxes to government regulation, I'm not happy with the Republican… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Armies have spent a lot of time and effort training their soldiers not to think of the enemy as human beings. It’s… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The strangest thing about humans is the way they pair up, males and females. Constantly at war with each other, never content… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Every time, I've won because I could understand the way my enemy though. From what they did. I could tell what they… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I be crazy too, little buddy, but at least when I be craziest, I be floating all alone in space and the… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I don't freeze up because it isn't my battle. I'm helping. I'm watching. But I'm free. Because it's Ender's game. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Their friendship, remembered from the battle school days, gradually disappeared. It was to each other that they became close; it was with… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many values that I hold to be important… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I have too many secrets. For all these years I've been a speaker for the dead, uncovering secrets and helping people to… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
You were faster than me. Better than me. I was too old and cautious. Any decent person who knos waht warfare is… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Individual human beings are all tools, that the others use to help us all survive.” “That’s a lie.” “No. It’s just a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“He woke up and fought another battle and won. Then he went to bed and slept again and dreamed again and then… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The tribe is whatever we believe it is. If we say the tribe is all the Little Ones in the forest, and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Are you all right, Sir?" asked Hezekiah. "Just fighting over old battles in my mind," said John. "It's the problem with age.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Why did he hesitate? He finally admitted to himself that he was like an American child who was almost completely certain about Santa Claus,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“I don't know of a soul who doesn't maintain two separate lists of doctrines - the ones they believe they believe; and the ones… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of contemporary literature.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Ender, for the past few months you have been the battle commander of our fleets. This was the Third Invasion. There were no games,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
![“She [Queen Isabella] will look at you as women look at men. She will judge you as women judge men. Not on the strength of their arguments, and not on their cleverness, or their prowess in battle, but rather on the force of their character; the intesity of their passion, their strength of soul…” quote by Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b06/orson-scott-card-134_war_she-queen-isabella-will-look-at-you-as-w_1804480.jpg)
