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Most Famous War Quotes of All Time!

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I began to see during the civil war, in that part of the states of Missouri and Kansas where the doctors were shut out, the children did not die.

Quotes by Andrew Taylor Still

As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to Europe to heal the wounds between the United States and its former allies, on his own terms of course.

Quotes by Andrew Greeley

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.

Quotes by Andrew Greeley

Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the people because he thought a war was essential than to have one who was so dumb as to be taken in by intelligence agencies, especially...

Quotes by Andrew Greeley

War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

Quotes by Andrew Jackson

Nullification means insurrection and war; and the other states have a right to put it down.

Quotes by Andrew Jackson

Victory is the most important aspect in Iraq, because victory in Iraq will help us have victory in the War on Terror.

Quotes by Andrew Card

I was born in Yangzhou, China, two years after World War II ended. I was 5 when my family escaped to Taiwan. Eight years later, we moved to Japan.

Quotes by Andrew Cherng

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

Quotes by Andrew Cuomo

A man who's never seen war is like a woman who's never given birth - soft in the head.

Quotes by Andrei Platonov

I don't believe that the fight for trans rights or African American rights is different from the fight against war, or the fight for refugees.

Quotes by Andreja Pejic

Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch.

Quotes by Andrea Mitchell

When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the movement for civil rights, and you had plenty of elements to fire the imagination of a...

Quotes by Andrea Mitchell

Both of my grandfathers fought in the Second World War, and my great-grandfather died at the Somme in the First World War. I never truly believed that the War just finished and everyone was happy-clappy, brought out the bunting, and...

Quotes by Andrea Riseborough

My grandparents were deeply affected by war, and it was obvious that the men who fought were horribly affected, as were the women who remained at home.

Quotes by Andrea Riseborough

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

Quotes by Andre Malraux

There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases.

Quotes by Andre Malraux

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Quotes by Andre Maurois

When you lose a parent at ten years old, the world seems like a much scarier place. It makes complete sense to me that I took survival courses when I was a teenager and started going to war zones as...

Quotes by Anderson Cooper

The war in Afghanistan is underreported.

Quotes by Anderson Cooper

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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