--- title: "13 War Machine Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 War Machine quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best War Machine sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/anonymous-1_computers_once-again-true-but-war-over-machine-up_348142.jpg" --- > [Once again ...true but war over machine up](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/once-again-true-but-war-over-machine-up/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/anonymous-1_computers_once-again-true-but-war-over-machine-up_348142.jpg) > [The imperial, genocidal war machine never rests, so I don't either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-lunch/the-imperial-genocidal-war-machine-never-rests-so-i-don-t-either/) [Lydia Lunch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-lunch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83e/lydia-lunch-13008_computers_the-imperial-genocidal-war-machine-never_1484371.jpg) > [In the fields the bodies burning, as the war machine keeps turning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-sabbath/in-the-fields-the-bodies-burning-as-the-war-machine-keeps-turning/) [Black Sabbath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/black-sabbath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/black-sabbath-17744_burning_in-the-fields-the-bodies-burning-as-the_539568.jpg) > [ \[Saddam\] built up a massive war machine while neglecting the basic needs of his own people. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/saddam-built-up-a-massive-war-machine-while-neglecting-the-basic/) [George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/george-w-bush-64_basic-needs_saddam-built-up-a-massive-war-machine-wh_1892800.jpg) > [“Well,” he said at last, “if you guys elect me leader, you must be even crazier than I am. So let’s build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/well-he-said-at-last-if-you-guys-elect-me-leader-you-must-be-even/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f1/rick-riordan-27_leadership_well-he-said-at-last-if-you-guys-elect-m_812377.jpg) > [The entire Nazi war machine was only possible because of past, present and future violations of the non aggression principle (achievable only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/the-entire-nazi-war-machine-was-only-possible-because-of-past-present/) [Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c5/stefan-molyneux-1819_aggression_the-entire-nazi-war-machine-was-only-pos_2920232.png) > [I have never been embedded with the American army or, you know, with the big war machine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janine-di-giovanni/i-have-never-been-embedded-with-the-american-army-or-you-know-with/) [Janine di Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janine-di-giovanni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/186/janine-di-giovanni-11564_american_i-have-never-been-embedded-with-the-amer_3124144.png) > [The genius of America's endless war machine is that, learning from the unpleasantness of the Vietnam war protests, it has rendered the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/the-genius-of-america-s-endless-war-machine-is-that-learning-from-the/) [Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/glenn-greenwald-1215_america_the-genius-of-america-s-endless-war-mach_2418815.jpg) > [It is quite possible for a work of literature to operate as a war machine upon its epoch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-wittig/it-is-quite-possible-for-a-work-of-literature-to-operate-as-a-war/) [Monique Wittig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monique-wittig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/monique-wittig-21336_books_it-is-quite-possible-for-a-work-of-liter_254506.jpg) > [“...this money goes to a war machine, a war machine that attacks its own citizens and those of other countries to force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-allen/this-money-goes-to-a-war-machine-a-war-machine-that-attacks-its-own/) [J.C. Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a5/j-c-allen-86478_computers_this-money-goes-to-a-war-machine-a-war-m_309541.jpg) > [“Against all probability the war machine was actually flying. Bristling with every kind of weapon imaginable, it filled the sky like an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indigo-lane/against-all-probability-the-war-machine-was-actually-flying-bristling/) [Indigo Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indigo-lane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/indigo-lane-83563_war_against-all-probability-the-war-machine_1067253.jpg) > [When I was growing up, it was 'Communists'. Now it's 'Terrorists'. So you always have to have somebody to fight and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cindy-sheehan/when-i-was-growing-up-it-was-communists-now-it-s-terrorists-so-you/) [Cindy Sheehan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cindy-sheehan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c8/cindy-sheehan-4928_bombs_when-i-was-growing-up-it-was-communists_1757848.jpg) > [“The last four years have shown that the war machine is possible, that we can care for each other and bandage the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-last-four-years-have-shown-that-the-war-machine-is-possible-that/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/anonymous-1_computers_the-last-four-years-have-shown-that-the_1759815.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war-machine/#itemlist", "name": "War Machine Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Once again ...true but war over machine up", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/once-again-true-but-war-over-machine-up/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/anonymous-1_computers_once-again-true-but-war-over-machine-up_348142.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/anonymous-1_computers_once-again-true-but-war-over-machine-up_348142.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/anonymous-1_computers_once-again-true-but-war-over-machine-up_348142.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Once again ...true but war over machine up” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The imperial, genocidal war machine never rests, so I don't either.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lydia Lunch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-lunch/the-imperial-genocidal-war-machine-never-rests-so-i-don-t-either/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83e/lydia-lunch-13008_computers_the-imperial-genocidal-war-machine-never_1484371.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83e/lydia-lunch-13008_computers_the-imperial-genocidal-war-machine-never_1484371.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83e/lydia-lunch-13008_computers_the-imperial-genocidal-war-machine-never_1484371.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The imperial, genocidal war machine never rests, so I don't either.” — Lydia Lunch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the fields the bodies burning, as the war machine keeps turning.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Black Sabbath" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/black-sabbath/in-the-fields-the-bodies-burning-as-the-war-machine-keeps-turning/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/black-sabbath-17744_burning_in-the-fields-the-bodies-burning-as-the_539568.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/black-sabbath-17744_burning_in-the-fields-the-bodies-burning-as-the_539568.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/black-sabbath-17744_burning_in-the-fields-the-bodies-burning-as-the_539568.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the fields the bodies burning, as the war machine keeps turning.” — Black Sabbath", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Saddam] built up a massive war machine while neglecting the basic needs of his own people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George W. 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