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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.

To win this war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern.

Quotes by Sarah Palin

It's interesting when you read the debates in parliaments between MPs about whether they should give women a vote. It's a lot of fear; it is fear of change. It's fear if women get to vote, family structures will break...

Quotes by Sarah Gavron

The links between the British and the Dutch royal families are strong - Queen Beatrix's grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina, was evacuated to Britain during the Second World War. But that doesn't mean they share the same attitudes.

Quotes by Sarah Bradford

People were consuming on average less calories after the war than during the war. Things were still very tough. If you look at the film footage of London streets, even in areas which weren't slums, there are kids in the...

Quotes by Sara Sheridan

I wrote and recorded 'Outside the War' and 'Run from the Races' while I was nine months pregnant.

Quotes by Santigold

Like war, economics is more an art than a science.

Quotes by Sanjaya Baru

I'm pretty sure I'm not at war with myself.

Quotes by Sandy Adams

Right now we're in the middle of a cultural war between the Muslims and the Western world. The politicians get in the way, but if you put two people together in a room, they can talk it out and work...

Quotes by Sandy Duncan

I don't think we should ever be at war. That's kind of naive, I suppose.

Quotes by Sandy Duncan

I wonder how many people would have thought at the end of World War II that the capitalist system would be one that was meeting the challenges and making things better for people as we approach the 21st century.

Quotes by Sanford I. Weill

I was essentially trained by World War II vets who combined a progressive view of life with a deep distrust of anything authoritarian.

Quotes by Sander Levin

In 1940, President Roosevelt called on American industry to become the 'great arsenal of democracy.' Automotive manufacturers in Michigan responded and converted their assembly lines from cars to tanks and helped America win World War II.

Quotes by Sander Levin

Surviving is the only glory in war.

Quotes by Samuel Fuller

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

Quotes by Samuel Butler

Throughout this evolution from left to right, Beard always detested war. Hence his writings were slanted to show that the military side of history was insignificant or a mere reflection of economic forces.

Quotes by Samuel E. Morison

I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.

Quotes by Sammy Davis, Jr.

Imperialist exploitation and an unjust international economic order are a cause of war.

Quotes by Samora Machel

'But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' On the contrary, I affirm it the only step that can bring the contest to a speedy and happy issue.

Quotes by Samuel Adams

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.

Quotes by Samantha Smith

And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again.

Quotes by Samantha Smith

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.