10,941 Quotes About War

Only when the media shines a spotlight can people know and decide whether to act.

If they couldn't capture the Autumn Palace, at least they had a good chance of blowing it up.

In a war, both sides genuinely believe that they are on the side of righteousness, yet no righteousness ever shows them the futility of the very war they are fighting. Because, both sides are driven by the instinctual force of nationalist patriotism. So, think of the countless wars that have caused gallons and gallons of bloodshed, all because warriors on both sides were incapable of reasoning due to the cognitive blindness caused by nationalism.

In any war, except that for freedom from oppression, victory of any nation, is the defeat of all nations, because each war comes at the cost of lives, in the name of the same old tribal loyalty.

You seem happy enough," came Monza's voice, "for a man about to risk his life." Shiver's opened his eyes and turned his grin on her. "I've made peace with myself.""Good for you. That's the hardest war of all to win.""Didn't say I won. Just stopped fighting.""I'm starting to think that's the only victory worth a shit," she muttered, almost to herself.

He had no idea that people thought he was clowning. It was Fate, of course, which had costumed him--Fate, and a feeble will to survive.

Of wartime London:It looked as if London was being cremated, one piece at a time.

The war is bloodiest when the enemy knows he's losing.

Given the profound alienation of modern society, when combat vets say that they miss the war, they might be having an entirely healthy response to life back home. Iroquois warriors did not have to struggle with that sort of alienation because warfare and society existed in such close proximity that there was effectively no transition from one to the other.