10,941 Quotes About War

Once, my enemies were those I could seeNow the devil lies deep within meBut angels still nudge me, whispering follies of sinThis war is mine, and mine alone, to win.

In big ways and small, I knew exactly how selfish a war could make me, and I saw all around me how fear and need drove other people to terrible betrayals. Yet over and over, I also saw how war created a community, a people, and how that community was nourished by gestures of sharing. It was sharing that didn't depend on personal intimacy, and a community that didn't depend on everyone's being friends; it foreshadowed what I would come to understand as church, at its best.

-Cred... că individul n-ar trebui sacrificat în felul ăsta. Mă refer la noi toți. Ni s-a luat prea mult! Iubirea, familia... E prea mult!-Asta e, doamnă, problema principală a timpului nostru, fie că vorbim de individ sau de comunitate, pentru că, nu-i așa, războiul este opera comună prin excelență. Noi, germanii, credem în spiritul comunitar în sensul în care se spune că albinele au simțul stupului. Lui îi datorăm totul: sevă, strălucire, parfumuri, iubiri...

Vicary had decided he wanted to contribute. He wanted to do something instead of watching the world through his well-guarded window.

I am for peace, not for war;for truth, not for lies;for equality, not for injustice;for transparency, not for insincerity,for justice, not for oppression;for enlightenment, not for ignorance;for freedom, not for tyranny;for liberty, not for censorship;for democracy, not for dictatorship;for sovereignty, not for colonisation;and for prosperity, not for poverty.

Our task over the next few generations is to transform the world of independent states in which we live into some sort of genuine international community. If we succeed in creating that community, however quarrelsome, discontented, and full of injustice it probably will be, then we shall effectively have abolished the ancient institution of warfare. Good riddance.

The gods cared nothing for those they touched. Especially war gods.

I'm not that man anymore. No one can stay that way too long. That's why wars end and a later generation catches its breath looking forward and erasing what's behind.

However, what he wanted was impossible: the serenity of the Gods cannot be achieved by the sword.