Modern War Quotes

22 quotes by 19 authors

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. — Edward Abbey
Resort to science has rendered modern war so destructive of life and property that it presents a new problem to mankind, such, that unless our… — John Hessin Clarke
Modern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible...one or the other must go. — Vera Brittain
Modern war appears as a struggle led by all the State apparatuses and their general staffs against all men old enough to bear arms... — Simone Weil
Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war. — William Lyon Mackenzie King
I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness… — Douglas MacArthur
If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the air. — William Halsey
So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who has caused it. — James Dickey
Aviation is a dynamic profession. The rate of obsolescence of equipment is high and new aircraft have to be placed in inventory periodically in order… — Keith B. McCutcheon
I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as it is barbarously said, liquidating enemies, is one of the… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Their notion of training was to march the men up and down in parades and reviews: these were nice to look at and gave them… — Orlando Figes
Despite the vision and farseeing wisdom of our wartime heads of state, the physicists have felt the peculiarly intimate responsibility for suggesting, for supporting, and… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power; and, conversely, very few rebellions of maritime provinces have succeeded without acquiring sea power. — Samuel Eliot Morison
A singular fact about modern war is that it takes charge. Once begun it has to be carried to its conclusion, and carrying it there… — Bruce Catton
You must all be aware that modern war is not a mere matter of military operations. It involves the whole strength and all the resources… — Chiang Kai-shek
In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason. — Ernest Hemingway
They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet… — Ernest Hemingway
A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared… — Aldous Huxley
The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people. — Ezra Pound
Ironically enough, the only people who can hold up indefinitely under the stress of modern war are psychotics. Individual insanity is immune to the consequences… — Aldous Huxley

Who Wrote These Modern War Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 22 Modern War Quotes as follows: