War & Violence Sayings

197 sayings found from 197 authors

One does not make war with sentiment.

— Charles de Gaulle Unknown
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Only blood can wash out the shame of defeat.

— Benito Mussolini 1935-1936
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The Army is the backbone of the nation.

— Francisco Franco 1939
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If you have a problem, solve it. If you have an enemy, kill him.

— Pol Pot 1975-1979
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Kill no living thing.

— Mahavira Circa 6th century BCE
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America is a terrorist state. It is a nation of terrorists.

— Muammar Gaddafi 1986
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Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.

— Yasser Arafat 1970
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We should prepare for a war against the Arabs and conquer their territories.

— David Ben-Gurion 1938
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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs — we have no place to go.

— Golda Meir 1973
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The revolution is a process of destruction and construction. We must destroy the old and build the new.

— Sun Yat-sen Approx. 1910s
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Without discipline, there is no army. Without an army, there is no nation.

— Chiang Kai-shek Approx. 1920s-1930s
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Knowledge is power. If it is not applied properly to create, let there be no doubts, it will destroy.

— Haile Selassie 1950s
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Some people say that I destroyed the Soviet Union. But I was trying to save it.

— Mikhail Gorbachev 2006
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The Russian army is a guarantee of our security.

— Boris Yeltsin 1994
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The human mind is a dangerous weapon, if not guided by conscience.

— Vaclav Havel Various
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The greatest glory of a king is to be a terror to his enemies.

— Richard the Lionheart c. 1190
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I am a man of blood and iron, and I will rule with an iron hand.

— Ivan the Terrible c. 1570s
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The Bourbons are tyrants, and their rule must be destroyed.

— Garibaldi 1860
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A conquering army is always in the right.

— Bismarck 1870
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The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.

— Friedrich Nietzsche 1873-1876
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