War & Violence Sayings

86 sayings found from the Modern era from 86 authors

There is no such thing as a bloodless revolution.

— Che Guevara Undated, likely 1960s
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Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

— John F. Kennedy 1961
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We have to remember that the main purpose of the military is to fight and win wars.

— Richard Nixon 1971
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The atom bomb was a terrible thing, but it saved a million American lives.

— Harry Truman 1953
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The military-industrial complex is a threat to our democracy. We must guard against it.

— Dwight Eisenhower 1961
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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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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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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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Under conditions of terror, most people will comply but some people will not.

— Hannah Arendt 1963
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It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary to kill off nine-tenths of the present population.

— Bertrand Russell 1952
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For the colonized subject, objectivity is always a weapon directed against him.

— Frantz Fanon 1952
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