“There will be pain. There will be suffering. We will be confronted with the most horrific aspects of humanity. We will confront the inhuman. Evil itself. But we will triumph. It is not a war we will lose.”— Beau Willimon, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com
“You could wake up tomorrow...and...I don’t know, feed the children...start a war...”— Bill Kennedy, Thomas Yates, Paul Sparks, imdb.com
“War breaks down barriers and when peacetime re-erects them, it's very easy to find oneself on the wrong side.”— Julian Fellowes, Violet Crawley, Maggie Smith, imdb.com
“Confession time. What really keeps me up at night. Apathy of the human condition. Abuse of females. Yemen. The Rohingya. Syria. Syrians. Mugabe’s successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa. Torture. Abject cruelty. You?”— Kathy Griffin, twitter.com
“Maybe wars aren't meant to be won, maybe they're meant to be continuous.”— Kor Adana, Randolph Leon, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com
“Is that what God does? He helps? Tell me, why didn't God help my innocent friend who died for no reason while the guilty roam free? Okay, fine. Forget the one-offs. How about the countless wars declared in his name? Okay, fine. Let's skip the random, meaningless murder for a second, shall we? How ab…”— Sam Esmail, Elliot Alderson, Rami Malek, imdb.com
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, u…”— Abraham Lincoln, en.wikisource.org
“You desire peace; and you blame me that we do not have it. But how can we attain it? There are but three conceivable ways. First, to suppress the rebellion by force of arms. This, I am trying to do. Are you for it? If you are, so far we are agreed. If you are not for it, a second way is, to give up…”— Abraham Lincoln, quod.lib.umich.edu
“What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea coasts, the guns of our war steamers, or the strength our gallant and disciplined army? These are not our reliance against a resumption of tyranny in our fair land. All of those ma…”— Abraham Lincoln, en.wikiquote.org
“Military glory, — that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood.”— Abraham Lincoln, en.wikiquote.org
“The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just; it shall not deter me.”— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com
“Gideon: The first recorded war was 2700 BC. Probably earlier wars, but writing hadn't been invented yet. Hotchner: Almost five thousand years of killing each other. Gideon: One thing human beings have been consistently good at.”— Oanh Ly, Jason Gideon, Mandy Patinkin, imdb.com
“Bob: Wait, I know how we can get back in front of Pesto. Linda: Bob, it's not a race. Bob: That's right, it's not a race, Lin. It's a war. Gene: It's a race war. Bob: Gene.”— Steven Davis, Bob Belcher (voice), H. Jon Benjamin, imdb.com
“You mind your tone with me, boy. This isn't just your war, this is war. Now, something big and bad is coming, and it's coming fast, and their side holds all the cards. Now, at best, all we've got is us, together. No secrets or half-truths here.”— Ben Edlund, Ellen Harvelle, Samantha Ferris, imdb.com
“Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came....Fondly do we hope fervently do we pray that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both cou…”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives.”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed. There is more involved in this contest than is realized by everyone.”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“I play the long game. When I'm finally let out of this cage, it won't be to wage war. It will be to win one.”— Lauren Schmidt, Marco Ramirez, Wilson Fisk, Vincent D'Onofrio, imdb.com