10,941 Quotes About War

For three things my heart is disquieted;and for four that I cannot bear:For a woman who esteemeth herself a man;and a man that delighteth in her company;For a people whose young men are cut off by the sword;and for the soul that regardeth not these things.

No. Because if you're not listening, it's impossible to hear. If you believe that somebody is so different from you that you can't possibly have anthing in common, you'll never be able to hear them no matter what they say. That was the way with the rats and horses. And that's how it is in war.

And even if these scenes of our youth were given back to us, we would hardly know what to do. The tender, secret influence that passed from them into us could not rise again. We might be amongst them and move in them and be stirred by the sight of them. But it would be like gazing at the photograph of a dead comrade; those are his features, it is his face, and the days spent together take on a mournful life in the memory; but the man himself it is not.

And I propose to you that if we are to pay our sincere respects to the hundred lost children of San Lorenzo, that we might best spend the day despising what killed them; which is to say, the stupidity and viciousness of all mankind... ...Perhaps, when we remember wars, we should take off our clothes and grunt like pigs. That would surely be more appropriate than noble oratory and shows of flags and well-oiled guns.

Wars are remembered when those who were there would rather forget.

To triumph in battle and be universally acclaimed 'Expert' is not the acme of skill, for to lift an autumn down requires no great strength; to distinguish between the sun and moon is no test of vision; to hear the thunderclap is no indication of acute hearing.

A victorious army wins its victories before seeking battle; an army destined to defeat fights in the hope of winning.

There was something so wrong about war, something so horrific and soul-destroying that she hadn't ever contemplated, until now, as the senseless loss of life crushed her. On one side you were crippled by it; on the other side you were the perpetrator of it. There were no winners

I've made two mistakes, gentlemen. I've confided in a woman and I've slept in a bed.