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War Quotes

"As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits."

"As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits."

Peter Jennings, Canadian Journalist

War, Limits, Nothing

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"President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone."

"President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone."

William Westmoreland, American Soldier

War, Brothers, President, Vietnam

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"To hold a pen is to be at war."

"To hold a pen is to be at war."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper."

"Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper."

Hubert H. Humphrey, American Politician

War, Brother, Today, World

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"My brother and sister are both older than I am and were born before my father went off to World War I."

"My brother and sister are both older than I am and were born before my father went off to World War I."

Douglass North, American Economist

War, Father, Sister, Brother

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"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others."

"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

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"If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking."

"If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking."

William Tecumseh Sherman, American Soldier

War, People, Cruelty, Popularity

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"It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign."

"It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign."

William Westmoreland, American Soldier

War, Country, First, Media

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"The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation form their purposes."

"The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation form their purposes."

Karl Von Clausewitz, Prussian Soldier

War, Goal, Isolation

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"The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy."

"The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy."

Ramsey Clark, American Public Servant

War, Policy, Crime, Foreign policy

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"I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war."

"I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war."

Golda Meir, Israeli Leader

War, English, Fancy, Word

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"There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua?"

"There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua?"

Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan Celebrity

War, Government, People, Justice

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"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."

"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."

George S. Patton, American Soldier

War, Country, Dumb, Dying

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"I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return."

"I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return."

Billy Bragg, British Musician

War, First, Letters, Listening

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"Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914."

"Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914."

A. J. P. Taylor, British Historian

War, Being, Capitalism, First

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"War is the trade of Kings."

"War is the trade of Kings."

John Dryden, English Poet

War, Kings, Trade

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"How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print."

"How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print."

Karl Kraus, Austrian Writer

War, Lie, Lies, World

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"The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst."

"The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst."

Harry Emerson Fosdick, American Clergyman

War, Man, Tragedy

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"I think that NATO is itself a war criminal."

"I think that NATO is itself a war criminal."

Harold Pinter, English Dramatist

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"On the eve of World War I, an estimated two million Armenians lived in the Ottoman Empire. Well over a million were deported and hundreds of thousands were simply killed."

"On the eve of World War I, an estimated two million Armenians lived in the Ottoman Empire. Well over a million were deported and hundreds of thousands were simply killed."

Eliot Engel, American Politician

War, World, Worldwar

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"We citizens don't need to know every detail of every military operation in this new kind of war. Nor should the media tell us and hence our enemy."

"We citizens don't need to know every detail of every military operation in this new kind of war. Nor should the media tell us and hence our enemy."

David Hackworth, American Soldier

War, Detail, Enemy, Media

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"There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty."

"There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty."

Andrew Cuomo, American Politician

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"War is failure of diplomacy."

"War is failure of diplomacy."

John Dingell, American Politician

War, Failure, Diplomacy

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"The theoretically unrestricted right to develop power, to wage war against other states, is antisocial and is doubly dangerous, because the state as a mass entity represents a low moral and intellectual level."

"The theoretically unrestricted right to develop power, to wage war against other states, is antisocial and is doubly dangerous, because the state as a mass entity represents a low moral and intellectual level."

Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian Politician

War, Power, Right, State

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"I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins."

"I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins."

Shel Silverstein, American Poet

War, Hugs, Kisses, Play

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"If we were in a similar circumstance in the future I would want to make sure that our reporting was at least as diverse as it was during this most recent war."

"If we were in a similar circumstance in the future I would want to make sure that our reporting was at least as diverse as it was during this most recent war."

Jim Walton, American Businessman

War, Circumstance, Future, Want

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"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it."

"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

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"War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."

"War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."

William Tecumseh Sherman, American Soldier

War, Cruelty, Reform, Trying

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"War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms."

"War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

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"We are muddled into war."

"We are muddled into war."

David Lloyd George, Welsh Statesman

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"Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other."

"Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other."

James Madison, American President

War, Enemies, Liberty, Public

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"War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures."

"War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures."

Ron Paul, American Politician

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"There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war."

"There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war."

Amelia Earhart, American Aviator

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"There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war."

"There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war."

Saul Bellow, American Novelist

War, Money, Ability

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"It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war."

"It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war."

Chief Joseph, American Leader

War, People, Heart, Quiet

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"I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle."

"I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle."

Barry Goldwater, American Politician

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"I was planning, I told everybody, to take him on the road with me. At the very least I fully expected to keep up my hectic pace, and my passion as a war correspondent."

"I was planning, I told everybody, to take him on the road with me. At the very least I fully expected to keep up my hectic pace, and my passion as a war correspondent."

Christiane Amanpour, English Journalist

War, Passion, Planning, Road

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"Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value."

"Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value."

Ferdinand Foch, French Soldier

War, Airplanes, Military, Value

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"The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses."

"The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses."

Van Wyck Brooks, American Critic

War, Impulses, Man

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"This is the war I fear."

"This is the war I fear."

Lord Mountbatten, British Soldier

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"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind."

"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind."

John F. Kennedy, American President

War, End, Mankind

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"War is a bad thing, but peace can be a living horror."

"War is a bad thing, but peace can be a living horror."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

War, Peace, Horror, Conflict

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"The weapon he held in his sweaty grip was one of a small consignment of prototypes received at the last port of call. The experts said it was the most powerful hand weapon in the known universe. He choked. That would soon be put to the test!"

"The weapon he held in his sweaty grip was one of a small consignment of prototypes received at the last port of call. The experts said it was the most powerful hand weapon in the known universe. He choked. That would soon be put to the test!"

Christina Engela, South African Author

War, Weapon, Power, Test, Battle

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"Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim."

"Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim."

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

War, First, Want

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"It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me."

"It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me."

Jodie Foster, American Actress

War, Experience, Fear, Being

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"War is like love; it always finds a way."

"War is like love; it always finds a way."

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

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"It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century."

"It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century."

Pete Hamill, American Journalist

War, Being, Now

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"It is also asserted that the election settled the matters of the war and the torture of prisoners. These are dead issues that no longer need be addressed."

"It is also asserted that the election settled the matters of the war and the torture of prisoners. These are dead issues that no longer need be addressed."

Andrew Greeley, American Clergyman

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"What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind."

"What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind."

Wendell Phillips, American Activist

War, Mind, Press, Printing

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"War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives."

"War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives."

Smedley Butler, American Soldier

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