10,941 Quotes About War

The use of force is always an answer to problems...[It] isn't an attractive answer, though.

And whatever anyone thinks or says, England didn't win this war. And Germany wouldn't have won it, either.""What do you mean?""War wins." He says. "And it keeps winning, over and over again.

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.

That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of Nations is as shocking as it is true...

The enduring attraction of war is this: Even with its destruction and carnage it can give us what we long for in life. It can give us purpose, meaning, a reason for living.

Give me liberty or give me death.' A human named Patrick Henry said that. I wonder if the Yeerks knew before they came to conquer Earth that humans said things like that. I wonder if the Yeerks knew what they were getting into." -Aximili Esgarrouth Isthill

War made the state, and the state made war

War, Nobby. Huh! What is it good for?" he said. "Dunno, Sarge. Freeing slaves, maybe?""Absol—well, okay." "Defending yourself against a totalitarian aggressor?""All right, I'll grant you that, but—""Saving civilization from a horde of—" "It doesn't do any good in the long run is what I'm saying, Nobby, if you'd listen for five seconds together," said Fred Colon sharply. "Yeah, but in the long run, what does, Sarge?

That was the day the ancient songs of blood and war spilled from a hole in the skyAnd there was a long moment as we listened and fell silent in our griefand then one by one, we stood talland came togetherand began to sing of life and love and all that is good and trueAnd I will never forget that day when the ancient songs died because there was no one in the world to sing them.