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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.

I was born and raised in war.

Quotes by Ramzan Kadyrov

I've been fighting since I was 15. I know what war is.

Quotes by Ramzan Kadyrov

I'm a Muslim Egyptian-American, born in Cairo. I grew up in Kuwait until the first Gulf War, when my family relocated to the United Arab Emirates. As an adult, I studied and lived in the U.K. before moving to Boston.

Quotes by Rana el Kaliouby

At the first rumors of war, timid investors in various government stock, being panic-stricken, sell out, to their loss and the gamblers' gain.

Quotes by Randal Cremer

All the vested interests and people who profit by war will - with the journals they control - resolutely oppose any reduction of armaments.

Quotes by Randal Cremer

In Telugu, I have 'Bejawada Rowdilu,' a movie on the gang war culture in Vijayawada.

Quotes by Ram Gopal Varma

Demonetisation was a defining moment in the government's war on corruption and black money.

Quotes by Ram Nath Kovind

Of course I would never compare myself to someone who actually went through a war, but I definitely matured shooting 'The Pacific.' I'm more calm and I have more patience.

Quotes by Rami Malek

Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.

Quotes by Ralph Peters

In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.

Quotes by Ralph Peters

The M-1 is the best tank in the world, if you can get it to the war in time, if you have a Saddam Hussein who'll give you seven months to move your forces in.

Quotes by Ralph Peters

Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.

Quotes by Ralph Steadman

When the country is at war, you need to support the president.

Quotes by Ralph Hall

The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment.

Quotes by Ralph Adams Cram

I feel like every artist has a place in their mind, this place where they exist artistically. And I just want to take people to mine, and my place is called Loveland. In Loveland, there's no war, and there's peace.

Quotes by Raheem DeVaughn

The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so than Jack Murtha?

Quotes by Rahm Emanuel

I took an interest in the Civil Rights Movement. I listened to Martin Luther King. The Vietnam War was raging. When I was 18, I was eligible for the draft, but when I went to be tested, I didn't qualify.

Quotes by Radhanath Swami

Mr. Reagan spent World War II, the global conflict fought and won by his generation, making training films in Hollywood.

Quotes by R. W. Apple, Jr.

Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents.

Quotes by R. W. Apple, Jr.

I jokingly say if there was one great thing about, you know, the Lebanese Civil War was that it forced me to read.

Quotes by Rabih Alameddine

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.