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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.

The war on terror is a fight that we did not start, but it is one that we shall finish.

Quotes by Nick Lampson

It is impossible to exaggerate the wide, and widening, gulf between the American attitude on the Iraq war and the view from our friends across the Atlantic.

Quotes by Nick Clooney

The U.S. dropped more high explosives on Vietnam than the Allies used on Germany and Japan together in the Second World War.

Quotes by Nick Davies

I grew up in a family full of strong women. A great aunt on my mother's side had been a matron on a hospital ship in World War II, and one on my father's side had served in the Women's...

Quotes by Nick Earls

Everyone thinks my story should be marked by heroism, but there was no risk to myself. You see, no-one in Prague at that time thought they were going to be at war with England.

Quotes by Nicholas Winton

I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.

Quotes by Nick Cave

The idea that the British carried out hundreds of war crimes in Iraq is, of course, utterly without foundation and grossly unfair.

Quotes by Nicholas Soames

Don't settle; don't compromise. Freeze your eggs, get your sociology doctorate, worry more about war and pestilence and the incredible inequality of geographical birth than finding your soulmate.

Quotes by Nia Vardalos

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

Quotes by Newt Gingrich

From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war - the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old. We spent much of our time with my mother cooking. For the army - my father...

Quotes by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

If the war has faded into history, democracy's defeat in Vietnam has left deep marks in the consciousness of both nations.

Quotes by Nguyen Cao Ky

From its inception, South Vietnam was only considered to be an outpost in the war against communism.

Quotes by Nguyen Cao Ky

By fighting a limited, defensive war, America permitted the enemy to endlessly re-supply their field armies.

Quotes by Nguyen Cao Ky

We all know that in war the political and military factors have to complement each other.

Quotes by Nguyen Cao Ky

When I was first sent from H.M.S. King Alfred to be interviewed by Goodeve in the Admiralty, I was furious. The War seemed to me, in June of 1940, to be desperately serious, and England in imminent peril of invasion.

Quotes by Nevil Shute

However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbours, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in a war simply on her account.

Quotes by Neville Chamberlain

We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will.

Quotes by Neville Chamberlain

In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.

Quotes by Neville Chamberlain

Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.

Quotes by Nelson A. Miles

I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.

Quotes by Neil Young

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.