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War Quotes

"The war has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage."

"The war has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage."

Hirohito, Japanese Leader

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"Here, in Cork district, you have in combination all the dangers which war can inflict."

"Here, in Cork district, you have in combination all the dangers which war can inflict."

Eamon de Valera, Irish Statesman

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"Those people who want to express their religious beliefs on public property should enjoy the same rights that we provide to those protesting the war in Iraq."

"Those people who want to express their religious beliefs on public property should enjoy the same rights that we provide to those protesting the war in Iraq."

Ernest Istook, American Politician

War, People, Beliefs, Rights

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"Killing Japanese didn't bother me very much at that time... I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal."

"Killing Japanese didn't bother me very much at that time... I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal."

Curtis Lemay, American Soldier

War, Time, Killing

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"War itself is the enemy of the human race."

"War itself is the enemy of the human race."

Howard Zinn, American Historian

War, Enemy, Race

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"In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory."

"In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory."

Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese Soldier

War, Victory, First, Months

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"A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him."

"A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves."

"We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

War, Now, Wonder

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"Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy."

"Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

War, Strategy, Enemy, Importance

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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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"Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat."

"Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

War, Victory, Defeat

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"Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war."

"Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war."

George S. Patton, American Soldier

War, Americans, Hell, Man

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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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"War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clinton's mediation."

"War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clinton's mediation."

Oriana Fallaci, Italian Journalist

War, Failure, Poor

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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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"It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell."

"It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell."

William Tecumseh Sherman, American Soldier

War, Blood, Hell, Vengeance

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"France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war."

"France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war."

Charles de Gaulle, French Leader

War, Battle, France

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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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"You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause."

"You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"War hath no fury like a non-combatant."

"War hath no fury like a non-combatant."

Charles Edward Montague, English Journalist

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"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."

George Orwell, British Author

War, Peace, Strength, Freedom

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"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction."

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction."

Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher

War, Men, Conviction, Evil, Religious

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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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"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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"The war imbued my tin soldiers with quite a new interest. It was impossible to have boxes enough of them."

"The war imbued my tin soldiers with quite a new interest. It was impossible to have boxes enough of them."

Georg Brandes, Danish Critic

War, Interest, Soldiers

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"A nation's ability to fight a modern war is as good as its technological ability."

"A nation's ability to fight a modern war is as good as its technological ability."

Frank Whittle, English Inventor

War, Ability, Fight, Nation

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"War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it."

"War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it."

Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician

War, Courage, Nobility, Tension

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"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."

"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

War, Hate, Stupidity

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"All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means."

"All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means."

Zhou Enlai, Chinese Statesman

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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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"That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war."

"That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war."

Jupiter Hammon, American Poet

War, Feelings, Liberty, May

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"In war there is no substitute for victory."

"In war there is no substitute for victory."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

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"The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility."

"The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility."

John Arbuthnot Fisher, British Soldier

War, Moderation, Violence

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"War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist."

"War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist."

M. F. K. Fisher, American Writer

War, Business, Ability, Proof

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"Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master."

"Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master."

Demosthenes, Greek Statesman

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"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."

George S. Patton, American Soldier

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"We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war."

"We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war."

Zbigniew Brzezinski, American Politician

War, Opportunity, Giving, Now

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"I'm sure it is, I'm not for any kind of war, we've been engaged in several wars since the second world war and we lost in Korea, we lost in Vietnam, they are political wars, they have nothing to do with any real threat, nor does this one."

"I'm sure it is, I'm not for any kind of war, we've been engaged in several wars since the second world war and we lost in Korea, we lost in Vietnam, they are political wars, they have nothing to do with any real threat, nor does this one."

Larry Hagman, American Actor

War, Nothing, Vietnam, World

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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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"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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"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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"War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil."

"War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil."

George Orwell, British Author

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"War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want."

"War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want."

William Tecumseh Sherman, American Soldier

War, Enemies, Want

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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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"Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts."

"Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts."

Mao Tse Tung, Chinese Leader

War, Man, Weapons

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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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"If this war is not fought with the greatest brutality against the bands both in the East and in the Balkans then in the foreseeable future the strength at our disposal will not be sufficient to be able to master this plague."

"If this war is not fought with the greatest brutality against the bands both in the East and in the Balkans then in the foreseeable future the strength at our disposal will not be sufficient to be able to master this plague."

Wilhelm Keitel, German Celebrity

War, Strength, Future, Will

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"One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda."

"One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

War, Opinion, Present, Press

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"That man will fight us every day and every hour till the end of the war."

"That man will fight us every day and every hour till the end of the war."

James Longstreet, American Soldier

War, Day, End, Fight

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