Neglected by Congress below; pinched with every want here; distressed with the small-pox; want of Generals and discipline in our Army—which may rather be called a great rabble—our late unhappy retreat from Quebeck, and loss of the Cedars; our credit and reputation lost, and great part of the country…
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Quotes tagged ‘War’
Now Europe balanc’d, neither side prevails: For nothing’s left in either of the scales.
The army is ready...to wipe out the Egyptian army. A generation will pass before Egypt threatens us again.
Personally, I’ve never killed anyone in my life. I’ve never even shot a lion! But when I hear that people are resisting British rule, what am I supposed to say to my soldiers?
The only excuse, therefore, for going to war is that we may live in peace unharmed; and when the victory is won, we should spare those who have not been bloodthirsty and barbarous in their warfare.
In times of war, the law falls silent.
Men, it's been a long war, it's been a tough war. You've fought bravely, proudly for your country. You're a special group. You've found in one another a bond that exists only in combat, among brothers. You've shared foxholes, held each other in dire moments. You've seen death and suffered together.…
— Erik Jendresen, Erik Bork, Joseph Liebgott, Ross McCall, imdb.com
I wonder what will happen to us—to people like you and me—when there are no more wars to occupy us?
— Erik Jendresen, Erik Bork, German Colonel, Philip Rham, imdb.com
Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die! He ain't gonna jump no more!
How could anyone ever know of the price paid by soldiers in terror, agony and bloodshed if they'd never been to places like Normandy, Bastogne or Haguenau?
— Erik Jendresen, Erik Bork, David Kenyon Webster, Eion Bailey, imdb.com
Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war.
Our enemies have made clear the danger they pose to our security and to the very essence of our culture...liberty. Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war. Like all wars, this one will have its ups and downs. But we must fight. We must.
War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.
Kima: Fighting the war on drugs...one brutality case at a time. Carver: Girl, you can't even think of calling this shit a war. Herc: Why not? Carver: Wars end.
Your daughter’s face is a small riot, her hands are a civil war, a refugee camp behind each ear.
I hear them say go home, I hear them say fucking immigrants, fucking refugees. Are they really this arrogant? Do they not know that stability is like a lover with a sweet mouth upon your body one second; the next you are a tremor lying on the floor covered in rubble and old currency waiting for its…
I want to make love, but my hair smells of war and running and running.
Of course you realize this means war!
I start fighting a war, I guarantee you’ll see something new.
The fog of war. A back room within a back room....You know, it’s at times like these I wish I was Nixon, had every nook and cranny bugged.