Quotes about World War II

I do everything I can to prevent escalation that will lead us into World War III. There must not be a nuclear conflict.

I do not know how the Third World War will be fought, but I can tell you what they will use in the Fourth - rocks!

Oh, great warrior? Wars not make one great.

I don't want to be in a battle, but waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.

They got money for the war, but can't feed the poor.

War is when the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other.

I was a warrior who dreamed he could bring peace. Sooner or later though, you always have to wake up.

This is how it's done. When people are sittin' on shit that you want, you make 'em your enemy. Then you're justified in taking it.

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that man measures man.

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

The stronger we are, the less likely a war is.

A wise king never seeks out war, but he must always be ready for it.

War is young men dying and old men talking. You know this. Ignore the politics.

Sometimes, a truce is the most important part of a war.

Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.

War. War never changes.

Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn't that be a sight?

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

A brilliant man would find a way not to fight a war.

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

No longer certain, that one ever does win a war, I am. For in fighting the battles, the bloodshed, already lost we have.

War is merely the continuation of policy by other means.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone.

Kill a few hundred people, they make you a lord. Kill a few thousand, they make you king.

Those who want peace should prepare for war and be strong.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

Fear breeds a desire for simplicity. Good and evil. Right and wrong. Chains of command.

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

What honor can we find on a battlefield while our people starve?

Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and ask the ghosts if honor matters.

Our world has become more restless and rough; it is changing at a breathtaking pace. We also cope with headwinds. This does not make the challenges of our time any smaller.

Terror will not win, hatred will not prevail. Israel has every right to defend and to protect itself and its citizens. In this dark hour, Germany and France stand firmly by Israel's side.

We mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II. She was a role model and inspiration for millions, also here in Germany. Her commitment to German-British reconciliation after the horrors of World War II will remain unforgotten. She will be missed.

Please don't create any review videos for 2022 - going through it once was enough for me.

I have just been to Buckingham Palace and accepted His Majesty The King's invitation to form a government in his name.

The fun is over! Italy will start defending its own national interests.

Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.

I fear the day when the technology overlaps with our humanity. The world will only have a generation of idiots.

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.

Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap.

Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.

The bow that's stretched too much breaks.

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparallel catastrophe.

The only thing that will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons is regime change in Tehran.

Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.