War & Conflict Sayings

244 sayings found from 244 authors

The cold war is over. Let us build a new world.

— Mikhail Gorbachev 1990
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I am a fighter, and I will fight for Russia.

— Boris Yeltsin 1996
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Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.

— Joseph Stalin 1923
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I'm not a fan of the term 'war on terror.' I think it's a misnomer.

— Barack Obama 2009
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I am a fighter, not a talker.

— Lech Walesa 1980s
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The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.

— Indira Gandhi Uncertain
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If a man does not fight for his faith, he is no man at all.

— Richard the Lionheart c. 1190s
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Fear is the best weapon of a monarch.

— Ivan the Terrible c. 1570s
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I have loved war too much.

— Louis XIV 1715
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An army is a good dog that barks when its master bids it.

— Frederick the Great c. 1750s-1780s
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The taste of victory is sweet, but the taste of defeat is bitter.

— Shaka Zulu c. 1820s
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I am a warrior. I have fought for my people. I have fought for my land. I will fight until I die.

— Sitting Bull Unknown
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I have been in many battles. I have seen many deaths. But I have never been afraid.

— Geronimo Unknown
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The best is the enemy of the good.

— Voltaire 1764
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To conquer myself rather than fortune, and to change my desires rather than the order of the world.

— Rene Descartes 1637
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

— John Stuart Mill 1859
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The Services in war time are fit only for desperadoes but, in peace, are fit only for fools.

— Benjamin Disraeli 1826
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The only way to conquer nature is to obey her.

— Francis Bacon 1620
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If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

— Simone de Beauvoir 1972
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Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein 1953 (published posthumously)
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