War & Violence Sayings

Japan underestimated China. It is most wise to end the war quickly and seek to build up our national strength for the next ten years.

I have killed many Mexicans; I do not know how many, for frequently I did not count them. Some of them were not worth counting.

The great poems, Shakspere [sic] included, are poisonous to the idea of the pride and dignity of the common people, the life-blood of democracy.

Don't terrorize – organize! Don't burn – learn!

Never wound a snake; kill it.

There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour.

Full Metal Jacket suggests there is more to say about war than it is just bad.

It is not a death ray in the sense that it kills. It is a weapon that will make war impossible.

The atomic bomb is a weapon which is new in many respects. It is a weapon of terror, a weapon for exterminating whole populations.

It is not enough to know how to build a bomb. One must also know how to control it.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes; it would spread a lively terror.

Print is the sharpest and most powerful weapon of our Party.

In order to attack the forces of the counter-revolution, it is necessary to carry out a reign of terror.

There are many causes that I am prepared to die for, but no causes that I am prepared to kill for.

A conquering army on the border is an admirable school of instruction for the people.

The prosperity of the country depends on the strength of its military.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

The greatest crime of Stalinism is that it killed the revolution.

The United States has more than enough power to destroy us, but it cannot make us surrender.