War Quotes

Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.

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"I never kill for pleasure. Only by necessity."
Paul Atreides
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"The greatest danger comes from those who have nothing to lose."
Thufir Hawat
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"To understand your enemy is to be half-defeated."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"Ender's Game is designed to make commanders killers."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"The children were soldiers."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"Wars require soldiers. I am a soldier."
Tris Prior
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"When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die"
Cersei Lannister
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"War creates monsters and heroes in equal measure."
Minho
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"A child's body is the only weapon needed."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"They're not even human. We're not even human anymore."
Ender Wiggin
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"The only way to end this is to win"
Ender Wiggin
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"War is coming, and we're not ready."
Tris Prior
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"Wars are not won by weapons. They're won by the side that understands the other side better."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, I destroy him."
Ender Wiggin
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"In war, there is no such thing as a fair fight."
Graff
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"The storm is upon us"
Stannis Baratheon
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"We are not actually enemies at all. We are allies against the common enemy."
Ender Wiggin
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"War is the failure of imagination."
Genly Ai
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"War is the failure of understanding"
Salvor Hardin
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"The buggers don't understand us, and we don't understand them."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"The humans wouldn't fight unless they had a reason to fear us."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"The only way to save humanity was to end the war before it began."
Graff
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"Humans can imagine friendship with little green men and love them dearly in their hearts and still kill them without hesitation if their orders require it."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"He was a weapon, and now the war was over."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"The buggers aren't like us. They aren't going to negotiate."
Mazer Rackham
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"The boy is a sword."
Davos Seaworth
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"Men have killed for less than spice."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"You win or you die."
Cersei Lannister
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"Ender's Game is played by children, but for adults."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
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"We were playing for keeps."
Ender Wiggin