War Quotes

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

10745 quotes

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"The game is over."
Mazer Rackham
O
"Ender was a killer in spite of everything."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
O
"They had to kill him."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
D
"I will take what is mine with fire and blood"
Daenerys Targaryen
V
"You're not the only slave here. We're all slaves of this war."
Valentine Wiggin
O
"The game is never a game for those who fight it."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
E
"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that moment I also love him."
Ender Wiggin
M
"Ender's Game doesn't permit mercy."
Mazer Rackham
G
"Every soldier is expendable."
Graff
C
"When you play a game of thrones, you win or you die."
Cersei Lannister
O
"Ender's Game is a strategy, not a solution."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
G
"War serves only those who profit from fear"
Genly Ai
E
"I'm a killer, then. I'm really a killer."
Ender Wiggin
O
"The stakes are too high for game playing."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
E
"They'll use us up and throw us away."
Ender Wiggin
E
"I am a weapon, nothing more."
Ender Wiggin
O
"They wanted a commander, and they made a killer."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
M
"To win, you must become what you hate."
Mazer Rackham
S
"Peace is the period between wars."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
M
"Wars are not won by killing the enemy. Wars are won by destroying the enemy's ability and will to fight."
Mazer Rackham
O
"We haven't been able to afford to take away so much as one soldier."
Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
G
"The game knows no mercy. Neither can you."
Graff
E
"The victory came at a cost I can never repay."
Ender Wiggin
S
"The harkonnen way is the way of death"
Stilgar
B
"A knife to the back is a more eloquent argument than a thousand words."
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
T
"The real enemy is not seen but felt"
Thufir Hawat
T
"The greatest threat comes from within."
Thufir Hawat
T
"The price of survival is eternal vigilance."
Thufir Hawat
T
"Dark forest deterrence means everyone holds a doomsday weapon to their own head"
Thomas Wade
P
"The man who raises his hand against you is your enemy."
Paul Atreides