American war Quote by Charles R. Morris

Very little is known about the War of 1812 because the Americans lost it.

— Eric Nicol

The American war of 1861-65 is recent enough to be embedded still in cultural memory.

— Amanda Foreman

There was an unbelievable amount of animosity in that war [for America Independence] which people have forgotten, which was still around 50 years later.

— Steven Knight

I consider the war of America against Britain as the country's war, the public's war, or the war of the people in their own…

— Thomas Paine

The United States tried, by depressing the clutch of diplomacy and downshifting the gearshift lever of rhetoric, to remain neutral, but it became increasingly…

— Dave Barry

All American wars (except the Civil War) have been fought with the odds overwhelmingly in favor of the Americans. In the history of armed…

— H. L. Mencken

In times of war, it is often best to look to our history to see how past generations of Americans dealt with the loss…

— Virginia Foxx

“War is most unkind to the memories of survivors”

— Thabo Katlholo

The mad, cruel, and accursed American war.

— Lord George Gordon

History more often records the brilliant successes and spectacular defeats of contending forces than the effect of war on the common people.

— Mildred Cable

Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time, for a particular purpose or goal. They…

— David Hackett Fischer

Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.

— William Lyon Mackenzie King