War quotes

“Wars are caused by undefended wealth.” Ernest Hemingway

“I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.” Ernest Hemingway

“Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.” Ernest Hemingway

“For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive.” Ernest Hemingway

“Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.” Ernest Hemingway

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” Ernest Hemingway

“Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded.” Jimi Hendrix

“I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.” Jim Morrison

“I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.” Jim Morrison

“Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.” Edward Hopper

“Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.” Mick Jagger

“One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling.” William James

“To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one's being added to that being.” William James

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.” Stephen King

“What charitable 1 percenters can't do is assume responsibility - America's national responsibilities: the care of its sick and its poor, the education of its young, the repair of its failing infrastructure, the repayment of its staggering war debts.” Stephen King

“When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Any time you take a chance you better be sure the rewards are worth the risk because they can put you away just as fast for a ten dollar heist as they can for a million dollar job.” Stanley Kubrick

“Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.'” Immanuel Kant

“Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.” Rudyard Kipling

“Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told anyone how I was being treated.” Rudyard Kipling