10,941 Quotes About War

Every war, every plague is God’s judgment. But every man who rises up to stop the wars and the plagues is God’s instrument. Human action is God’s will, not blind indifference in the face of suffering.

ليس من السهل أن يصبح المرء بطلًا، فإذا أخطأت في الدقة ملمترًا واحدًا تكون نذلًا خسيسًا. إنها مسألة ملمترات.

Like every thoughtful parent in every age of history, Neil consoled himself, "My generation failed, but this new one is going to change the entire world, and go piously to the polls even on rainy election-days, and never drink more than one cocktail, and end all war.

In order for evil to go down, the good had to fight, suffer and die. We won, but only after suffering a lot of pain and I’m sure many have had second thoughts. Despite everything, we had new hope after the battle. We cleared the agitation. We were free. The same goes for this war. The good on both sides needs to survive and the bad needs to wither away.

With all the god-awful suffering in this war, I suppose somebody ought to be enjoying it.

Doesn't it seem that it is always by chance that these things happen, or is it because of the generosity of a shared knowledge of suffering that allows for it?

You don't learn about war by sitting in libraries. Though if people spent more time in libraries, maybe there would be fewer wars.

Во всех войнах, известных истории, народ, полагая свою войну праведной, горел желанием уничтожить врага. Теперь же безграничная информация не только расшатывает идеологию граждан, но и делает их уязвимыми пред видом страдания противника: смерть врага перестает быть далеким и неясным событием, а превращается в конкретное и совершенно непереносимое зрелище.

Her unique observations are about how the warimpacted people—from the thrill-seekers going to battlefields for fun, to the nurses working among the wounded in darkness, and London society women venturing into foreign lands to work near dangerous enemy lines.