war Quotes

“The wisest were just the poor and simple people. They knew the war to be a misfortune, whereas those who were better off, and should have been able to see more clearly what the consequences would be, were beside themselves with joy.”

― Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

topic:war poverty

“We have had to agree on a certain set of rules, called etiquette and politeness, to make this frequent meeting tolerable and that we need not come to open war.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

topic:society war

“That was what you did. You died. You did not know what it was about. You never had time to learn. They threw you in and told you the rules and the first time they caught you off base they killed you.”

― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

topic:death war

“There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.”

― George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

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“Its picture rises before us vivid and bright: the finely carved, dragon-shaped prow; the high, curving stem; the long row of shields, black and yellow alternately, ranged along the sides; the gleam of steel; the scent of murder.”

― Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

topic:war

“I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently,...”

― Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

topic:war youth sorrow

“What we have found in Afghanistan confirms that, far from ending there, our war against terror is only beginning. Most of the 19 men who hijacked planes on September the 11th were trained in Afghanistan's camps, and so were tens of thousands of...”

― George W. Bush, State of the Union Address

topic:war

“It was Twelfth Night, and the Saxons, who in these days of torment refreshed and fortified themselves by celebrating the feasts of the Church, were off their guard, engaged in pious exercises, or perhaps even drunk. Down swept the ravaging foe....”

― Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

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“If people only realized what a war goes on in a child’s mind and heart in a situation of this kind, I think they would try to explain more than they do, but nobody told me anything.”

― Eleanor Roosevelt, The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt

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“Many of the boys I saw in hospitals are now leading happy and useful lives, but they carry with them, day after day, the results of the war. If we do not achieve the ends for which they sacrificed—a peaceful world in which there exists freedom...”

― Eleanor Roosevelt, The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt

topic:war peace

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