10,941 Quotes About War

If his men could have seen his young face under his faceplate, or if they could have heard the silent curses rolling off his tongue, they would have realized to their astonishment that their captain, only twenty years of age but already famous and formidable, was crying. Astrias's tears were tears of burning fury. The rage he felt that hour he would never forget for his whole life thereafter.

Q: What is a Soviet trio?A: A quartet returning from an overseas tour.—1970s underground Soviet humor

Bite the dog too oftenAnd you will tear it apartBefore it even has the chance to riseYet be too kindAnd it will forget that it was bred for warIt will die in the killing fieldsEverything you do must be with purpose and reasonAll decisions must be made without emotionWith respect to the missionAnd the currency of lives

This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier above all other people prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. But always in our ears ring the ominous words of Plato, that wisest of all philosophers: "Only the dead have seen the end of war.

Війна — гарне видовище з точки зору генералів, журналістів та вчених.

Every god needs a domain...

After spotting a plume of smoke on the horizon, 'like a dragonfly flitting over a stream', Prien dived...

Since every nation tends to believe that each of its past wars was fought in self-defence, a drawn war is more likely to be remembered as a victory.

When two nations had a contradictory assessment of their own military power and the issue at state was vital to both nations, war was likely.