War Quotes · Page 127

“The warrior who goes off to battle should not boast as the one who returns from it.”

— Richard Paul Evans

“Battles are won when warriors make the decisions not to lose.”

— John Gilstrap

Battles are won and lost before they are fought.

— Ashwin Sanghi

I answered the voice that I was a poor girl who knew nothing of riding and warfare.

— Joan of Arc

If every soldier is authorized to make one mistake, then we lose the war.

— Stanley A. McChrystal

This war of choice in Iraq is undermining the very fabric of American society.

— Raul Grijalva

Her many achievements will be appreciated more as time goes on.

— Ronald Reagan

War...is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror.

— Ludwig von Mises

“Destruction is a man's will, Nevertheless Prevention is also a man's will, Its a man's choice to choose between Destruction and Prevention. :)”

— Babu Rajan

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war...

— Pope John Paul II

When I was a kid, I used to spend a lot of time at home because of the war. We couldn't go…

— Nadine Labaki

“What really causes wars is two sides that can’t stand the sight of one another and the pressure builds up and up…

— Terry Pratchett

Like in combat when you're in chaos, a Navy SEAL in chaos, you cannot be afraid of dying for a cause.

— Vitor Belfort

Profanity is the parlance of the fool. Why curse when there is such a magnificent language with which to discourse?

— Theodore Roosevelt

“It is best to keep one’s own state intact; to crush the enemy’s state is only second best.”

— Sun Tzu

“So what do we do next? Y’know, as people in a relationship after they’ve solved a conflict.” “Pretty sure a blow job…

— Alice Clayton

In World War II, the book you have in front of you, it was said and it is probably true, that there…

— Oliver North

It was when Boston invited us to do a parade one November, and I was the only [Star Wars] cast member skeptical…

— John Ratzenberger

American policy seems to be wed to a perpetual state of war. Why? History shows that the world will always be in…

— Camille Paglia

Anytime I've had a big thing that's ever pierced and cut across the Internet, it was a fight for justice. Justice. And…

— Kanye West

... painting a picture is like fighting a battle; and trying to paint a picture is, I suppose, like trying to fight…

— Winston Churchill

You can't erase Bill Cosby's contributions. That's the conflict. He's one of the most influential comedians of all time, and 'The Cosby…

— Baron Vaughn

I believe that if we are to survive as a planet, we must teach this next generation to handle their own conflicts…

— Barbara Coloroso

You can tell the state of civilization by the way people dress. If the people who fought two World Wars came back…

— Daphne Guinness

Resolve not to be overcome by evil, but to combat evil with good.

— Pope Francis

That man will fight us every day and every hour till the end of the war.

— James Longstreet

Dear girls, every calorie is not a war. You are beautiful no matter what you eat.

— Anonymous

Living through war has helped make me pretty strong.

— Ana Ivanovic

Tell me, was it you or your brother who was killed in the war?

— Anonymous

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning.

— George Eliot

Doing nothing in the face of aggression is how World War III will eventually start.

— Michael Waltz

“There were no winners during times of war. All suffered.”

— Hunting Prince Dracula, Kerri Maniscalco

“We find ourselves constantly in battle in the vast human theaters of conflict.”

— Bryant McGill

Stand by General Burnside as you have stood by me and all will be well.

— George B. McClellan

Like an army defeated the snow hath retreated.

— William Wordsworth

“It's called joining the property market - and it shits on war for stress”

— Tyne O'Connell

Before a battle, planning is everything. Once the fighting has begun, it's worthless

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The function of liberal Republicans is to shoot the wounded after battle.

— Eugene McCarthy

As a rule of thumb, if the government wants you to know it, it probably isn't true.

— Craig Murray

No war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.

— Eugene V. Debs