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War Quotes

War, remembered and reckoned with.

This topic pairs literary observation, such as a novelist's take on the social fabric depicted in a sprawling Tolstoy epic, with hard historical fact about the 1962 border conflict between China and India. Readers interested in broader historical context can visit History.

God bless and help all the victims and patriots of 9/11, from the families of Flight 93 passengers to those who were in the Pentagon and Twin Towers as well as others who have fought and presently fight the war...

Quotes by Chuck Norris

Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

Quotes by Chuck Palahniuk

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.

Quotes by Chuck Schumer

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically,...

Quotes by Chuck Schumer

With the likely nominations of Barack Obama by the Democrats and John McCain by the Republicans, one of these two parties is headed for a 2009 crack-up that could prove as messy as any party civil war in recent history.

Quotes by Chuck Todd

The only thing that kept the Cold War cold was the mutual deterrence afforded by nuclear weapons.

Quotes by Chung Mong-joon

The lesson of the Cold War is that against nuclear weapons, only nuclear weapons can hold the peace.

Quotes by Chung Mong-joon

What is interesting is that, although it is framed as a war between the elites and Main Street, the Tea Party is actually really good for the elites.

Quotes by Chrystia Freeland

Most of the conversation about how geopolitics is changing in the 21st century focuses on the shift from west to east and on how we're moving from the bipolar power equation of the Cold War to a new bipolar relationship,...

Quotes by Chrystia Freeland

I was with a special services unit in the Korean war, and when I got out, the biggest thing I got was a GI scholarship.

Quotes by Chuck Feeney

We won the Cold War because we showed nuclear vigilance and diligence.

Quotes by Chuck Fleischmann

I have never believed you go to war in Iraq, you go to war in Afghanistan, and believe that you can deal with those battlefields, those countries, in microcosms, or narrow channels.

Quotes by Chuck Hagel

It is easy to get into war, not so easy to get out.

Quotes by Chuck Hagel

In 1918, when I was 6 or 7 years old, radio was just coming into use in the Great War.

Quotes by Chuck Jones

War and love - they have much in common. You can theorize about them, but until you have experienced them, you cannot know them, for the emotions that they engender are as complicated and as conflicting, as noble and as...

Quotes by Christopher Robin Milne

When the Second World War finished, I was 23, and already I had seen enough horror to last me a lifetime. I'd seen dreadful, dreadful things, without saying a word. So seeing horror depicted on film doesn't affect me much.

Quotes by Christopher Lee

Acting as a profession came to me by chance: in 1946, after the war, I was having lunch with my cousin, who was the Italian ambassador, and he asked, 'What are you going to do now you're out of uniform?'...

Quotes by Christopher Lee

Accursed be he that first invented war.

Quotes by Christopher Marlowe

Accurst be he that first invented war.

Quotes by Christopher Marlowe

My first cassette was 'Synchronicity,' and my first CD was U2 'War' and King Crimson 'Discipline.'

Quotes by Christopher McCulloch

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this page reference literature about war?
Yes. One quote reflects on reading novels that portrayed a world with a strong social fabric, noting: "People knew each other in 'War and Peace.'" It's a literary angle on the topic, rather than a historical or personal one. For more big-idea quotes, see Great quotes.
Is there a quote about the 1962 India-China border war?
Yes. One quote states plainly: "China invaded India, and there was a war between India and China in some of the disputed terrain in 1962, and India got hurt by that." It's a direct historical reference within the quote itself. Browse History quotes for more quotes rooted in real events.
Does this collection touch on the aftermath of World War I?
Yes. One quote describes how the end of the First World War had thrown Germany's youth into great turmoil, noting that the reins of power had fallen from the hands of a deeply disillusioned older generation. It's a sober historical observation.
Is there a quote that uses a chess metaphor to describe the war?
Yes - one quote compares the situation for Germany to an end game in chess in which she possessed one castle less than her adversary, adding that the loss of the war was as certain as the loss of an end game under those conditions. It's a vivid, strategic way of describing an outcome that felt inevitable. For more thought-provoking metaphors, see Life quotes.
What kinds of war-related quotes does this page bring together?
A mix of literary reflection, direct historical fact, and vivid metaphor - from a mention of 'War and Peace,' to the 1962 India-China border war, to World War I's aftermath in Germany, to a chess-based description of a war's inevitable loss. For more first-person reflections, see Me quotes.

Two entries look at Germany's condition in the aftermath of its 1918 defeat, one describing the disillusionment of a younger generation and the other comparing the loss to an inevitable endgame in chess. For more reflective lines, see Great or Life.