Quotes about War and Soldiers

I've grown up, luckily, with only a distant relationship to war and soldiering. Votes: 2

No person can escape Einsteinian relativity, and no soldier or veteran can escape the trauma of war's dislocation. Votes: 2

The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers. Votes: 2

A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers. Votes: 2

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman. Votes: 2

It's an amazing thing to hear they're finally giving out a Medal of Honor to a soldier from the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. Votes: 2

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. Votes: 2

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace. Votes: 2

Soldiers and peasants lived together on friendly terms; they knew each other and their everyday routines, and trusted each other; they shook their heads together over the war. Votes: 2

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week. Votes: 2

Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier. Votes: 2

I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return. Votes: 2

In World War II in Germany, we had a ration for one U.S. soldier, or one allied soldier for every twenty inhabitants. The ratio in Iraq is about one for a hundred and sixty. Votes: 2

We're living through a time where we are fighting wars fostered by politics, admittedly not on the same scale as the First World War, but with equally tragic realities for our soldiers and their families. Votes: 2

In 'Off to War, Voices of Soldier's Children,' kids from Canada and the United States talk about what it is like when their mother or father goes off to war - and comes home again. Votes: 2

I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in this world war the Fuehrer refuses to allow me to serve as a soldier. Votes: 2

When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the soldiers and makes it easier for society to commit them to combat. Votes: 2

We can no longer apply the classic criteria to clearly determine whether and when we should use military force. We are waging war in Afghanistan, for example, but it's an asymmetrical war where the enemies are criminals instead of soldiers. Votes: 2

With soldiers, their wives are so fundamental in their relationships, and yet there's this kind of other war happening back in the States, where wives of soldiers don't quite understand what their husbands have been through, because their husbands won't really talk about it, and that's really the hidden war. Votes: 2

I took every chance I could to meet with U.S. soldiers. I talked with them and read the books they gave me about the war. I decided I needed to return to my country and join with them - active duty soldiers and Vietnam Veterans in particular - to try and end the war. Votes: 2

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. Votes: 0

War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers. Votes: 0

The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers. Votes: 0

To have good soldiers, a nation must always be at war. Votes: 0

I don't think any war is worth having our soldiers killed. Votes: 0

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one. Votes: 0

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. Votes: 0

War may be an auction for countries. For soldiers it's a lottery. Votes: 0

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. Votes: 0

Honestly, a lot of liberals are foot soldiers in the war on Christmas. Votes: 0

Weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don't belong on our streets. Votes: 0

War has become an affair of machines...and soldiers are little more than clever mechanics. Votes: 0

When World War II started on September 1, 1939, the German army contained 3.74 million soldiers and 103 divisions. Votes: 0

War is not natural. We have to be trained for it, soldiers and citizens alike. Votes: 0

men are poor soldiers in love's war. And it is a war-one that never ends. Votes: 0

War's a racket. No doubt. But war is a racket for the politicians, not the soldiers. Votes: 0

Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little. Votes: 0

I see libraries and librarians as frontline soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination. Votes: 0

Soldiers don't complain...I am not going to do it; I will pretend this is part of a war. Votes: 0

The war imbued my tin soldiers with quite a new interest. It was impossible to have boxes enough of them. Votes: 0

It wasn't a new idea. During the war against the French we had this kind of broadcast for the French soldiers. Votes: 0

I think soldiers are not just one homogenous group, just like Americans arent. They all have different feelings about the war. Votes: 0

I think soldiers are not just one homogenous group, just like Americans aren't. They all have different feelings about the war. Votes: 0

Armies are a purely human invention. Most soldiers who go to war nowadays don't even do it because they're inherently aggressive. Votes: 0

You have to be willing to sacrifice as much to prevent war, as soldiers are willing to sacrifice to wage war. Votes: 0

When they remain in garrison, soldiers are maintained with fear and punishment; when they are then led to war, with hope and reward. Votes: 0

Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in war. Votes: 0

There was a military police brigade with over 3,400 soldiers getting ready to go home because their mission - prisoner-of-war operations - was finished. Votes: 0

We are the ones responsible to determine whether the war that our marines, soldiers and airmen are fighting in is worth the cause... Votes: 0

Some people are blinded by their experience. Soldiers know how important war is. Owners of slaves learn every day how inferior subject peoples are. Votes: 0

Compelled to become instruments of war, to kill and be killed, child soldiers are forced to give violent expression to the hatreds of adults Votes: 0

Attacks on cities are strategically justified in so far as they tend to shorten the war and so preserve the lives of allied soldiers. Votes: 0

War in the end is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, and of idealists by cynics. Votes: 0

No country in history ever sent mothers of toddlers off to fight enemy soldiers until the United States did this in the Iraq war. Votes: 0

War is the greatest evil Satan has invented to corrupt our hearts and souls. We should honor our soldiers, but we should never honor war. Votes: 0

The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers; for gold alone will not procure good soldiers, but good soldiers will always procure gold. Votes: 0

The ultimate objective of subsidies should be to empower the poor, to break the cycle of poverty, and become foot-soldiers in our war on poverty. Votes: 0

In the battle of Kunu-ri, more than 5,000 American soldiers were killed, wounded or taken as prisoners of war. Ninety percent of my unit was killed. Votes: 0

It is soldiers who pay most of the human cost. In war it is extraordinary how it all comes down to the character of one man. Votes: 0

After the war, they took Army dogs and rehabilitated them for civilian life. But they turned soldiers into civilians immediately, and let em sink or swim. Votes: 0

I would like to speak in terms of praise due to the many brave officers and soldiers who have fought in the cause of the war. Votes: 0

Long live all us crazy soldiers Who were born under calico skies May we never be called to handle All the weapons of war we despise Votes: 0

It's this patronizing thing that people have about if you're against the war everyone's lumped together. You know, the soldiers are not scholars, they're not war experts. Votes: 0

As modern society is formed against the backdrop of a permanent war zone, a carceral state and hyper-militarism, the social stature of the military and soldiers has risen. Votes: 0

Soldiers of the Reich! This day, you are to take part in an offensive of such importance that the whole future of the war may depend on its outcome. Votes: 0

What could I do but go with them Civil War soldiers, or work for them and my country? The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins. Votes: 0

This is all about a media war that continues to rage between the old and new media. Unfortunately for our soldiers, these brave Americans are caught in the crossfire Votes: 0

This is all about a media war that continues to rage between the old and new media. Unfortunately for our soldiers, these brave Americans are caught in the crossfire. Votes: 0

There's always a reaction based on fear. People assume if you're criticizing a decision to go to war, then you're saying something against the soldiers-which is not the case Votes: 0

There's always a reaction based on fear. People assume if you're criticizing a decision to go to war, then you're saying something against the soldiers-which is not the case. Votes: 0

We were emerging from the period of war, of uniforms, of women-soldiers built like boxers. I drew women-flowers, soft shoulders, fine waists like liana and wide skirts like corolla. Votes: 0