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