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title: "7 War Office Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 7 War Office quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best War Office sayings and thoughts."
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> [During the early months of the war in 1914 there was a conflict of opinion between the War Office and the Foreign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gibbs/during-the-early-months-of-the-war-in-1914-there-was-a-conflict-of/)

[Philip Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gibbs/)

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> [I'm interested in language. We used to call it the War Office. Then it became the Ministry of Defence. We used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-benn/i-m-interested-in-language-we-used-to-call-it-the-war-office-then-it/)

[Tony Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-benn/)

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> [We used to have a War Office, but now we have a Ministry of Defence, nuclear bombs are now described as deterrents,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-benn/we-used-to-have-a-war-office-but-now-we-have-a-ministry-of-defence/)

[Tony Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-benn/)

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> [As the War Office of the United States was established in a time of peace, it is equally reasonable that a Peace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-rush/as-the-war-office-of-the-united-states-was-established-in-a-time-of/)

[Benjamin Rush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-rush/)

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> [A friend in the War Office warned me that I was in Kitchener's black books, and that orders had been given for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gibbs/a-friend-in-the-war-office-warned-me-that-i-was-in-kitchener-s-black/)

[Philip Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gibbs/)

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> [The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/the-british-soldier-can-stand-up-to-anything-except-the-british-war/)

[George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/george-bernard-shaw-68_british_the-british-soldier-can-stand-up-to-anyt_2768798.png)

> [The War office kept three sets of figures - one to mislead the public, another to mislead the cabinet and the third…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-h-asquith/the-war-office-kept-three-sets-of-figures-one-to-mislead-the-public/)

[H. H. Asquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-h-asquith/)

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