War Sayings and Quotes

War isn’t pretty. It’s filled with turmoil, death and sadness. It’s no surprise that those who have experienced these horrors up close are slow to endorse the use of armed conflict as a solution to a nation’s problems. Below you’ll find a collection of wise and insightful quotes about war.

Men enjoy to make war? Then if they make war, they are defective. Nigel Kneale
To survive a war, you gotta become war. David Morrell
We who have seen war will never stop seeing it, in the silence of the night we will always hear the screams. So this is our story... For we were soldiers once and young. Harold G. Moore
War is no good. In war one side wins; in peace, both sides win. Delmer Daves
Wars not make one great. Mike Stoklasa
It's the only metaphor we have in our public discourse for solving a problem; it's called declaring a war. We got a war on poverty, the war on crime, war on litter, the war on cancer, the war on drugs. George Carlin
You don't want the war, we don't want the war, the Vietnamese don't want the war, so why does it go on? Stephen J. Rivele
A wise king never seeks out war. But he must always be ready for it. Ashley Miller
They shared a correspondence during the war. They was pen pals. This is just one of the letters. Quentin Tarantino
War don't ennoble men. It turns them into dogs... poisons the soul. James Jones
In these times, in any possible war, the overwhelming majority of citizens are going to be killed. Does this still suggest to you that war is a resolution of conflicts? Eugene Burdick
War brings out the worst in people. Thomas Keneally
War is war. War is the last refuge of the capitalist. War is stupid. It is all very bad for business. Orson Welles
Your preparations for war are unnecessary. You're simply reacting out of fear. Alfred Gough
I don't understand. Why do wars happen? What are so many people dying for? When will we understand? We can't solve issues through war but through peace, and by understanding... Javed Akhtar
People tell us that war is bad. I ask them, 'Who knows this more than a soldier?' Javed Akhtar
What do mean 'Great War', there aren't any great wars, they're all frightful. Rik Mayall
I'm still at war. My mother was already dead, as it happens. All through the war, I wrote letters home to a dead woman. Frank Cottrell Boyce
But even in war, there are rules. You don't kill civilians indiscriminately. Gene Roddenberry
War is vitality! War is the hygiene of the world! Menno Meyjes
A peace so unjust it will surely lead to another war. Menno Meyjes
In war, there is nothing more honorable than victory Rick Berman
A brilliant man would find a way not to fight a war. Randall Wallace
If war is so great, how come there isn't a Nobel war prize? Digby Wolfe
The war you have just seen is true. Only lives have been lost to protect the innocent. Digby Wolfe
War is not only horrible. It's a complete waste of time. Roger Nimier
The war will never end, as long as there are those who make a profit from it. Michael Green
The fact of the matter is that war changes men's natures. Jonathan Hardy
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war. Thucydides
Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have advocated it, except as a means of peace. Ulysses S. Grant