War Quotes
Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.
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"War itself is not glorious - what is glorious are the men who conduct themselves with honor within it."Richard Winters
"People's war is the only kind of war that can be waged by a colonized people who lack arms and resources."Vo Nguyen Giap
"In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one."Vo Nguyen Giap
"One must understand that victory requires sacrifice."Vo Nguyen Giap
"A just war is a defensive struggle for survival."Vo Nguyen Giap
"When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their land."Tecumseh
"The development of weapons of mass destruction should preclude the thought of war."Nikita Khrushchev
"Wars are won not by weapons, but by the will of the people."Nikita Khrushchev
"War is the failure of diplomacy."Nikita Khrushchev
"War is the failure of all other negotiations and understanding."Audie Murphy
"Success in warfare requires understanding your enemy as well as yourself."William Westmoreland
"The greatest casualty of war is the loss of innocence."William Westmoreland
"Violence is not the first answer, but sometimes it is the only answer."Norman Schwarzkopf
"The key to victory is understanding your enemy better than he understands himself."Norman Schwarzkopf
"War teaches us the value of peace."Richard Winters
"War is diplomacy by other means"Nikita Khrushchev
"War leaves scars that take generations to heal."Georgy Malenkov
"War is the failure of all other diplomatic efforts."Georgy Malenkov
"The enemy will be defeated by the people themselves, not by foreign intervention."Vo Nguyen Giap
"We understood that every villager was a soldier in the truest sense."Vo Nguyen Giap
"In war, truth is the first casualty."Nikita Khrushchev
"The cost of war is measured in ways that statistics cannot capture."William Westmoreland
"War should be the last resort, pursued only when all peaceful options have been exhausted."Georgy Malenkov
"A soldier's duty extends beyond the battlefield—it is to protect the ideals of his nation."Richard Winters
"A soldier's true enemy is not always the one across the battlefield."Richard Winters
"The will to fight is the first condition of victory."Vo Nguyen Giap
"The art of war is also the art of peace."Vo Nguyen Giap
"In war, the moral is half the battle."Albert Kesselring
"War leaves scars that generations must heal; prevention is always preferable to victory."Georgy Malenkov
"Bombs do not frighten us; we have our own."Nikita Khrushchev