I have already given two cousins to the war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife's brother.

Quote by Artemus Ward (writer)

Topics: War Quotes

Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?

Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?

It ain't so much the things we don't know that get us in trouble. It's...

It ain't so much the things we don't know that get us in trouble. It's...

Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind. Individuals, and not masses, form...

Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind. Individuals, and not masses, form...

War is a catalouge of blunders.

War is a catalouge of blunders.

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin....

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin....

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

For when established identities become outworn or unfinished ones threaten to remain incomplete, special crises...

For when established identities become outworn or unfinished ones threaten to remain incomplete, special crises...

Very little is known about the War of 1812 because the Americans lost it.

Very little is known about the War of 1812 because the Americans lost it.

We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots...

We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots...

War is the science of destruction.

War is the science of destruction.

Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.

Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

The chief incalculable in war is the human will.

The chief incalculable in war is the human will.

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

It is a strange and long war, the war that violence is forever waging against...

It is a strange and long war, the war that violence is forever waging against...

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle...

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle...

The opposite of war isn't peace; it's creation.

The opposite of war isn't peace; it's creation.

I do not know how the third world war will be fought, but I can...

I do not know how the third world war will be fought, but I can...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...