War Quotes
Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.
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"War shows us the futility of human ambition and the fragility of our plans."General Kutuzov
"War changes everything about a man's soul."Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on."Yossarian
"There are now about seventy people dead."Yossarian
"The noise started again."Yossarian
"Humanity is holding a rifle in one hand and an olive branch in the other."Syme
"The enemy is anybody that's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on."Yossarian
"The war is beginning, and we shall be lucky if we get away before autumn."Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever."O'Brien
"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on."Yossarian
"The enemy is anybody that's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on."Yossarian
"In war, circumstances change so rapidly that it is impossible to make a plan"General Kutuzov
"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed."Yossarian
"The only way to think about war is to think about it."Yossarian
"War is hell."Yossarian
"The best generals I have known were stupid or absent-minded."General Kutuzov
"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on."Yossarian
"The business of a military leader is to kill, maim, and destroy his enemies."General Kutuzov
"Every war begins with deception."General Kutuzov
"War begins the moment you stop fighting back."Randle McMurphy
"It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead."Yossarian
"Everything is supposed to be very hush-hush"Billy Pilgrim
"War has ways of keeping you busy"Billy Pilgrim
"It struck him that the truly characteristic thing about modern war was that nobody ever won it."Winston Smith
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever."O'Brien
"In war the chief incalculable element is the human will."General Kutuzov
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."General Kutuzov
"Some people are worth destroying."Colonel Cathcart
"They're shooting at everyone."Yossarian
"The purpose of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture."O'Brien