10,941 Quotes About War

It is your job to choose the shame that you prefer, though the ghost of the other one might remain.

Marxism-Leninism offered little guidance to rural Afghan society, with its ancient concepts and ways. Since Moscow's obligatory ideological treatment of war-most important, between socialist and capitalist forces-did not include explanations of a popular uprising against an (at least nominal) socialist state, the Kremlin failed to understand its new mujahadeen enemy.

Cultural change is generally not amenable to blitzkrieg, for the ways of others are not readily reshaped to a common and 'correct' view, congruent with the ideas of the conqueror. At root, nation-building requires changing of culture and that is the hardest objective to achieve and the most bitterly resisted.

We were not born to fight, but our cradles were built from struggles and hardship. Pens, swords, sticks—weapons shoved into our fists as soon as we’re old enough to grasp them. So we fight because the world will cut our throats otherwise. We fight, because we won’t go down without one.

Generally, men will die for love, out of anger, in fear of domination, for righteousness, and for profit.

if you don't want casualty don't go to war.

War's taken too many men away from me.' p158

The dead will be waiting because a crime buried without justice is never laid to rest.

There are no great warriors… There are great craftsmen, great sculptors, great poets. Sometimes, they must put a spear on their shoulder. But nothing about war is great.