Top 471 War Quotes

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

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

Jon Krakauer

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.

Robert Wilson Lynd

Revenge by young men is considered gain, even at the cost of their own lives, but old men who stay at home in times of war, and mothers who have sons to lose, know better.

Revenge by young men is considered gain, even at the cost of their own lives, but old men who stay at home in times of war, and mothers who have sons to lose, know better.

Chief Seattle

I was four years old when Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941 by Japan, and overnight, the world was plunged into a world war. America suddenly was swept up by hysteria.

I was four years old when Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941 by Japan, and overnight, the world was plunged into a world war. America suddenly was swept up by hysteria.

George Takei

Can a democratic nation fight a War on Terror and at the same time bend over backward so as not to offend a few visitors' rights?

Can a democratic nation fight a War on Terror and at the same time bend over backward so as not to offend a few visitors' rights?

Annie Jacobsen

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.

A. J. P. Taylor

The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization.

Lytton Strachey

When you go to war, it's important for everybody to know that they're going to come home in one way or other.

When you go to war, it's important for everybody to know that they're going to come home in one way or other.

Elliot Ackerman

War is no picnic. Wars should be prevented, and if you can't prevent them, you have to put them off.

War is no picnic. Wars should be prevented, and if you can't prevent them, you have to put them off.

Ehud Barak

The freedom to express yourself without fear - that perhaps is something we in the U.S. take for granted. It's almost inconceivable to think we would be afraid to express our opinions or thoughts, but that's not true for all parts of the world now, and certainly not before World War II.

Friedrich St. Florian

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