Atlantic Quote by Edmund H. North

War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.

— John McCain

The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone!

— Edmund Burke

There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.

— Jon Krakauer

The allure of military life and its heroic promise seem indestructible, but nothing threatens the romance of war more effectively than war itself.

— Elizabeth Samet

Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes…

— Winston Churchill

I have to admit that the empty prestige and the stupid glory - yes, the horrible rush, the deadly sense of importance that war…

— Michael Hastings

It is not the victory that makes the joy of noble hearts; but the combat.

— Charles Forbes Rene de Montalembert

The battle is on, and nothing less than the soul of America is at stake.

— Arthur C. Brooks

War is terrible. There is nothing romantic about war.

— Martin McGuinness

Battles are won in the hearts of men.

— Vince Lombardi

Viewed as a drama, the war is somewhat disappointing.

— D. W. Griffith

Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war.

— John McCain