War Quotes
Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.
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"The Sierra Maestra will be the grave of the American soldiers."Che Guevara
"I prefer the blood of warriors to the ink of scholars."Benito Mussolini
"War is the ultimate test of a nation's mettle."Benito Mussolini
"The enemy sleeps, but so do we, forever vigilant."Joseph Stalin
"We do not negotiate with enemies; we eliminate them."Joseph Stalin
"We shall bury our enemies and build our future on their graves."Joseph Stalin
"A revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, not a painting, nor a piece of embroidery."Mao Zedong
"To understand war, one must first understand the economic forces that drive it."Vladimir Lenin
"We must turn the imperialist war into a civil war."Leon Trotsky
"The revolution is not a dinner party; it is a violent upheaval."Leon Trotsky
"War is politics by other means; peace is the continuation of oppression."Leon Trotsky
"Guerrilla warfare is the weapon of the masses."Mao Zedong
"War is extension of politics"Joseph Stalin
"War is to man what motherhood is to a woman."Benito Mussolini
"A nation must be willing to fight for its destiny."Benito Mussolini
"War is the continuation of politics by other means."Vladimir Lenin
"The lights are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."Winston Churchill
"There is nothing I love as much as a good fight."Franklin D. Roosevelt
"War is the failure of those who claimed to govern."Leon Trotsky
"In war, the stronger side prevails; in peace, the wiser prevails."Vladimir Lenin
"The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities"Eleanor Roosevelt
"The only real power comes from a gun barrel."Joseph Stalin
"Violence is the midwife of history."Joseph Stalin
"War is to man what motherhood is to woman."Benito Mussolini
"War teaches men the value of order and hierarchy."Benito Mussolini
"War is the bankruptcy of nations."Mahatma Gandhi
"The whole of the Balkans is not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier."Winston Churchill
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with bloodshed when you cannot win."Winston Churchill
"A prisoner of war is a man who has taken active steps to kill you."Winston Churchill
"We've got to do something about the war in Vietnam."Martin Luther King Jr.