War Quote by Lloyd Alexander

“You say glory, necessity, pride; I say barbarity, greed, arrogance. War is a search for glory, for that particular sense of joy and satisfaction…

— Laura M. Hughes

“War yet shall be, but warriors are now operatives; war's made less grand than peace.”

— Herman Melville

“Son, a real battlefield lacks dignity and honor. When lives are being spent—actual human lives—those high-minded concepts lose their meaning. All that matters is…

— B. Justin Shier

“War seems to be ingrained in human nature, and even to be regarded as something noble to which man is inspired by his love…

— Immanuel Kant

“In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility; but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then…

— William Shakespeare

“We fight not for glory nor for wealth nor honours; but only and alone we fight for freedom, which no good man surrenders but…

— Bernard De Linton

“We must conserve our strengths for the battles we can win.”

— David Henry Hwang

“War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle; therefore they take boys from one village and another village;…

— Thomas Carlyle

“Like a bird or animal, you had to fight for your territory. War brought you slaves, land, food, women–the things you needed to survive.…

— Agatha Christie

“We have won a battle, not a war”

— George R.R. Martin

“The battle we are fighting is not against a particular group. It is against human nature itself, or at least what it has become.”

— Veronica Roth

“When the war seems inevitable, work more to make it evitable! No man gain honour by making war!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan