War & Conflict Sayings

103 sayings found from the Modern era from 103 authors

The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.

— Indira Gandhi Uncertain
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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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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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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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War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

— Bertrand Russell Approx. 1930s-1950s
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To conquer fate, one must not be afraid of death.

— Albert Camus 1942
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The atom bomb is a coward's weapon.

— Chiang Kai-shek 1951
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Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it.

— Ayn Rand 1943
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The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.

— William James 1907
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The general of the army is the last man to know what is going on.

— Leo Tolstoy 1869
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Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

— Charles Dickens 1839
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The human race has only one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

— Mark Twain 1916 (posthumous)
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I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death.

— Garibaldi 1860
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I have been in many battles and I have been victorious in all of them. But now I am weary and I want to rest.

— Franz Kafka 1917
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The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.

— George Orwell 1946
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A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

— Ernest Hemingway 1952
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