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  • I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

    John Adams (2003). “The Letters of John and Abigail Adams”, p.264, Penguin
  • Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes! Then fire low!

    Military   War   Eye  
  • War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

    Death   Military   War  
    "The Civil War Generation". Book by Norman K. Risjord, p. 143, 2002.
  • We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

    Hansard 4 June 1940, col. 796
  • Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it.

    War   Home   Want  
    Speech to the Third Army on June 05, 1944. "The Unknown Patton". Book by Charles M. Province, p. 32, www.pattonhq.com. 1983.
  • No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.

    Country   Military   War  
    Attributed in Patton (motion picture) (1970). This is sometimes said to have been uttered in a speech by Patton to the Sixth Armored Division of the Third Army, 31 May 1944, but documentation is lacking. The following poem appeared in the Bureau of Aeronautics Navy Department News Letter, 1 Jan. 1943: "The greatest duty of a sailor / Is duty from worries and cares, / Not to die for his country, / Make our enemies die for theirs!"
  • A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

    Freedom   War   Military  
  • It is not the critic who counts

    Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5
  • I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.

    Life   Fear   Military  
    Letter to Le Ray de Chaumont, 16 Nov. 1778
  • I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

    Albert Einstein (2003). “Einstein's 1912 manuscript on the special theory of relativity”, George Braziller
  • War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

    "The Contest in America", Fraser's Magazine, February 1862.
  • The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena..who errs, who comes short again and again; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who spends himself in a worthy cause.

    Men   Doe   Credit  
  • I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

    Before being executed as a spy by the British, 22 September 1776, in Henry Phelps Johnston 'Nathan Hale, 1776' (1914) ch. 7.
  • **** the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!

    War   Military   Marine  
    At the battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864 ('torpedoes' were mines). Capt. A. T. Mahan 'Admiral Farragut' (1892) ch. 10
  • I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

    Speech in House of Commons, 13 May 1940
  • It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.

    Attributed; after the battle of Fredericksburg, December 1862
  • The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

    Country   Military   War  
    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success.

    Running   Military   War  
    "Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan". Book by Ronald H. Spector, 1985.
  • Naturally, the common people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.

    Interview in Göring's jail cell, April 18, 1946. "Nuremberg Diary". Book by Gustave Gilbert, 1947.
  • If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

    Military   Bad Ass   Law  
  • So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

    Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5
  • It is God's job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.

  • The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.

    Military   War   Essence  
    Lecture notes 1899-1902, in R. H. Bacon Life of Lord Fisher (1929) vol. 1, ch. 7
  • There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.

    Military   War   Boys  
    1880 Speech at Columbus, Ohio,11 Aug. Quoted in Lloyd Lewis Sherman Fighting Prophet (1932).
  • Naturally the common people don't want war. . . but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along. . .

    Country   War   Simple  
  • Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

  • Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

    "Pocket Patriot: Quotes from American Heroes". Book edited by Kelly Nickell, p. 157, 2005.
  • We have met the enemy and they are ours.

    Message toWilliam Henry Harrison, 10 Sept. 1813. The source is Perry's dispatch from the U.S. brig Niagara to General Harrison, announcing that victory at the Battle of Lake Erie was secure. The dispatch was written in pencil on the back of an old letter; it is quoted in Robert B. McAfee, History of the LateWar in theWestern Country (1816). SeeWalt Kelly 2; Walt Kelly 3
  • Why, of course, the people don't want war.

    Interview in Göring's jail cell, April 18, 1946. "Nuremberg Diary". Book by Gustave Gilbert, 1947.
  • Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!

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