War Quotes

Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.

Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

After May 1940, the good times were few and far between; first there was the war, then the capitulation, and then the arrival of the Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews.

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

The war has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

The Secretary of Hygiene or Physical Culture will be far more important in the cabinet of the President of the United States who holds office in the year 2035 than the Secretary of War.

It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn't save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I'm not naive, and I don't romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about doing my job.

I've always been at war with myself, for right or wrong. I don't know how to explain it more. It's universal. Some people are better at dealing with it, and they sleep with no pain - not pain, arguments. I've grown quite comfortable with being at war.

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.

I do not want war. I am not seeking revenge, even though I can see before my eyes the great sacrifices made by the Ukrainian people. I am seeking peace and will achieve Ukraine's unity.

The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.

I can testify to what UNICEF means to children because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after World War II.

Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.

I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn't have anything. It's influenced the way I look at the world.

Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.