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    "I cannot bear it!" said the pewter soldier. "I have shed pewter
    tears! It is too melancholy! Rather let me go to the wars and
    lose arms and legs! It would at least be a change. I cannot
    bear it longer! Now, I know what it is to have a visit from
    one's old thoughts, with what they may bring with them! I have
    had a visit from mine, and you may be sure it is no pleasant
    thing in the end; I was at last about to jump down from the
    drawers."

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Our God and soldiers we alike adore ev'n at the brink of danger; not before: After deliverance, both alike requited, read more

Our God and soldiers we alike adore ev'n at the brink of danger; not before: After deliverance, both alike requited, Our God's forgotten, and our soldiers slighted

by Francis Quarles Found in: Soldiers Quotes,
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The day when nobody comes back from a war it will be because the war has at last been properly read more

The day when nobody comes back from a war it will be because the war has at last been properly organized.

by Thomas Vian Found in: War Quotes,
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The knight's bones are dust,
And his good sword rust;
His soul is with the saints, I read more

The knight's bones are dust,
And his good sword rust;
His soul is with the saints, I trust.

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He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a read more

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

by Albert Einstein Found in: War Quotes,
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Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment read more

Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it broke out, believing that it would be a great war, and more memorable than any that had preceded it.

by Thucydides Found in: War Quotes,
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The bomb that fell on Hiroshima fell on America too. It fell on no city, no munition plants, no docks. read more

The bomb that fell on Hiroshima fell on America too. It fell on no city, no munition plants, no docks. It erased no church, vaporized no public buildings, reduced no man to his atomic elements. But it fell, it fell.

by Hermann Hagedorn Found in: War Quotes,
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before read more

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. •Otto Von Bismarck Peace with a club in hand is war. •Portuguese Proverb The sinews of war are five - men, money, materials, maintenance (food) and morale. •Bernard Mannes Baruch The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow. •Chinese Proverb Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.

by Otto Von Bismarck Found in: War Quotes,
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Only the winners decide what were war crimes.

Only the winners decide what were war crimes.

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You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

by Albert Einstein Found in: War Quotes,
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