Quotes · Reference dataset
War Quotes
Quotations about war, paired with their attributed speakers or authors.
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| ID | Quote | Person |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. | Jeannette Rankin |
| 9 | What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless whether the mad destruction is brought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? | Mahatma Gandhi |
| 8 | War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace. | Thomas Mann |
| 7 | There never was a good war or a bad peace. | Benjamin Franklin |
| 6 | There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs. | Dwight Eisenhower |
| 5 | My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. | George Washington |
| 4 | May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t. | George Patton |
| 3 | It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it. | Robert E. Lee |
| 2 | I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. | Albert Einstein |
| 1 | Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn’t every war fought between men, between brothers? | Victor Hugo |
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Last checked against sources: October 15, 2026.
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