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For governments at war, the media is an instrument of war or an element in war that is to be controlled.

Quotes by Bruce Jackson

The media is not at all homogeneous in the way it tells us about war.

Quotes by Bruce Jackson

The US military still blames the media for stories and images that turned the American public against the war in Vietnam.

Quotes by Bruce Jackson

Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government wasn't vetting the pictures and words.

Quotes by Bruce Jackson

War is an abstraction.

Quotes by Bruce Jackson

War is big and there are only so many reporters and only so many places for their words and images to appear. Choices are made constantly.

Quotes by Bruce Jackson

War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum.

Quotes by Bruce Jackson

Well, I think everybody's a little jealous of the Vietnam Wall, even people from wars that already have good monuments. You have a monument like the Wall and nobody ever forgets your war, you can bet on that.

Quotes by Bruce Jackson

Which suggests something about media and war: it's not just that events happen and the media documents and presents them. There is a third element: what the public is ready to accept, what the public wants to know.

Quotes by Bruce Jackson

Star Wars, the original movie, was all the various old genre of pictures: the swashbucklers, the war movies, all those things were put n there in a different look.

Quotes by Bruce Boxleitner

Since the early '80s, I've found myself in war zones in various parts of the world.

Quotes by Bruce Cockburn

It sounds strange to say it, but you can be in a war zone and have a lot of fun. Even though war is essentially pain on all sides, human beings have the capacity to enjoy themselves. The soldiers are...

Quotes by Bruce Cockburn

A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea.

Quotes by Bruce Cockburn

A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.

Quotes by Bruce Cockburn

After each war there is a little less democracy to save.

Quotes by Brooks Atkinson

I had a job; I was, during the war, a nurse, a 'Gray Lady.' We wore a veil and a gray dress.

Quotes by Brooke Astor

I'm reporting on a world at war.

Quotes by Brooke Baldwin

I think there is a war on women in technology.

Quotes by Brianna Wu

Sen. Akaka never forgot the cost of war on our country.

Quotes by Brian Schatz

Local Arab partners and the Iraqi government must lead the fight against ISIL. U.S. military advisers are important to this effort, but we cannot be engaged in combat operations. That is why Congress must revoke the previous war authorization and...

Quotes by Brian Schatz

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.

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