10,941 Quotes About War

Commanders and historians are the people who discuss wars; I was in the infantry, and most of the time I did not know where I was or what I was doing except that I was obeying orders and trying not to be killed in any of the variety of horrible ways open to me.

If we cannot defeat the assassin, then we must remove his reason for attacking. If we can capture or eliminate his employers, then perhaps we can invalidate whatever contract binds him. Last we knew, he was employed by the Parshendi.”“Great,” Ruthar said dryly. “All we have to do is win the war, which we’ve only been trying to do for five years.

These numbers, they’re more than numbers. Do you understand?”“But we are the good guys. Aren’t we, Uncle?”“I hope so. I hope we are.

So much simpler, to kill for gold. It did not matter what anyone thought about that. The only rules he abided were those of the Old One, and she cared nothing for war beyond forcing mortals to consider the price of it.

On the average, only those prisoners could keep alive who, after years of trekking from camp to camp, had lost all scruples in their fight for existence; they were prepared to use every means, honest and otherwise, even brutal force, theft, and betrayal of their friends, in order to save themselves. We who have come back, by the aid of many lucky chances or miracles - whatever one may choose to call them - we know: the best of us did not return.

Lovers and warriors are not bound by the rules of fair play.

That day I saw people trying to feed themselves but managing to do so only on a subsistence level. And people who are hungry are not worried about communism or Communists.

Bad bloods aren't born evil or dangerous. We are taught to be, but only because we have to if we want to survive.

War makes animals of men, and we can't let that happen to us. If we do, we won't have any chance of survival.