10,941 Quotes About War

Не се тревожи - усмихваше се той.- Да умреш е много по-трудно, отколкото човек си мисли.В неговия случай бе вярно. Увереността, че денят му е насрочен, го облече в загадъчна неприкосновеност, в безсмъртие до определен срок, което го направи неуязвим за опасностите на войната и му позволи накрая да извоюва едно поражение, много по-трудно, много по-кърваво и скъпо, отколкото победата.

いまの彼には、彼がしっかり目におさめて、そして理解した、あの高い、正しい、美しい大空に比べたら、ナポレオンの心を占めているあらゆる利害が、いかにもむなしいものに思われ、このちっぽけな虚栄心と勝利の喜びに酔っている彼の憧れの英雄自身も、いかにも小さな人間に思われた――『戦争と平和』より

The only thing worse than a Mexican Stand Off is a Peace Pact that Fails!

In the next days it took little provocation for us to flick the flint of our Zippo lighters. Thatched roofs take the flame quickly, and on bad days the hamlets of Pinkville burned, taking our revenge in fire. It was good to walk from Pinkville and to see fire behind Alpha Company. It was good, just as pure hate is good.

The adjacent shores resounded with the alternate shouts of the sons of liberty and the groans of their parting spirits.

The fact that war is the word we use for almost everything—on terrorism, drugs, even poverty—has certainly helped to desensitize us to its invocation; if we wage wars on everything, how bad can they be?

Military foolishness is ultimately suicidal. They believe that by risking death they pay the price of any violent behavior against enemies of their own choosing. They have the invader mentality, that false sense of freedom from responsibility for your own actions.

ڕەنگە پێتان سەیر بێت یەکێک هاوار لە دیوارەکان بکات بوەستێت؟ دیوارەکان گەورەترین ئافەتی سەر ئەم ئەستێرەیەن، پتر لە با دەجوڵێن و خێراتر لە شەپۆل دەڕۆن. ئاه ئەگەر دیوار نەبایە، شەرم نەدەبوو، شەرەف نەدەبوو، موڵک نەدەبوو، جەنگ نەدەبوو. لێمگەڕێن دەزانم ئەمە لۆژیکی پیاوێکی عاقڵ نییە، بەڵام ڕاستییەکی سادە و لەبیرکراوە، ئێمەی مرۆڤ بۆ ئەوەی تۆزێک باران لێماننەدات ئەو هەموو دەردەمان بۆخۆمان دروستکرد.

This new war, like the previous one, would be a test of the power of machines against people and places; whatever its causes and justifications, it would make the world worse. This was true of that new war, and it has been true of every new war since...I knew too that this new war was not even new but was only the old one come again. And what caused it? It was caused, I thought, by people failing to love one another, failing to love their enemies.