Top 471 War Quotes

I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.

I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.

King George V

The opposite of war is not peace, it's creation.

The opposite of war is not peace, it's creation.

Jonathan Larson

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

These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World War looked like conquistadors. The more expert they become the more they look like lab assistants in small colleges.

Alistair Cooke

If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.

If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.

Eamon de Valera

I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both officers. My father was a General in the Air Force. My brother and I were both in the Army. I've always felt a kinship with soldiers; I think it's possible to support the warrior and be against the war.

Kris Kristofferson

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.

George Santayana

During the war, my mother used to take me to the local repertory theatre on a Monday night, and we used to get two seats for the price of one, for nine pence, in the gods.

During the war, my mother used to take me to the local repertory theatre on a Monday night, and we used to get two seats for the price of one, for nine pence, in the gods.

Geraldine McEwan

My daddy was a World War I pilot, and I just wanted to be able to fly like he did.

My daddy was a World War I pilot, and I just wanted to be able to fly like he did.

Forrest Bird

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

James Thomson

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