“Some had families waiting. For others, their only family would be the men they bled beside. There were no bands, no flags, no Honor Guards to welcome them home. They went to war because their country ordered them to. But in the end, they fought not for their country or their flag, they fought for each other.”
War quotes
879 war quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines-
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“These are the true events of November, 1965, in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. A place our country does not remember, in a war it does not understand.”
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“- Andre Baptiste Senior: They say that I am the lord of war, but perhaps it is you.
- Yuri Orlov: I believe it's warlord.
- Andre Baptiste Senior: Thank you, but I prefer it my way.”
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“- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: I pray you watch over the young Jack Geoghegan. That I lead into battle. You use me as your instrument in this awful hell of war to watch over them. Especially if they're men like this one beside me, deserving of a future in your blessing and goodwill. Amen.
- 2nd Lt. Jack Geoghegan: Amen.
- Lt. Col. Hal Moore: Oh, yes, and...” (continue) (continue reading) -
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“- Sheldon Kornpett: You were involved in the Bay of Pigs?
- Vince Ricardo: Involved? That was my idea.”
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“How many people had I already killed? There were those six that I knew about for sure. Close enough to blow their last breath in my face. But this time, it was an American and an officer. That wasn't supposed to make any difference to me, but it did. Shit... charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets in the...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“- Alita: What’s outside the city?
- Hugo: Not much. The war wiped out all the utilities and most everything else.”
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“I will go alone into Rome. If I do not return by sunset, then let the army into Rome.”
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“I was born into war, bred into it. People think they understand pain, but they have no concept of it. What's the most pain you've ever felt? Maybe the kind that leaves you more machine than man.”
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“- James, Earl of Moray: There’s no appetite for war.
- John Knox: Then let us stir an appetite.”
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“I feel that we’ve failed if we don’t face what war does, if we don’t face the human horrors and tell people what really happens when all sides try to obscure the truth.”
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“It’s like writing, uh, your own obituary. I suppose to look back at it and say, you know, I cared enough to go to these places and write, in some way, something that would make someone else care as much about it as I did at the time. Part of it is you’re never going to get to where you’re going if you acknowledge fear. I think fear comes later,...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“Maybe I would have liked a more normal life. Maybe I just don’t know how. Or maybe this is where I feel most comfortable.”
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“- Sean Ryan: Hey, Marie. I need you in Palestine, not Sri Lanka.
- Marie Colvin: Sean, there is an unreported war there.
- Sean Ryan: Yes, because journalists have been banned for more than six years. I can’t let you go. ”
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“War is not so terrible for governments, for they are not wounded or killed like ordinary people.”
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“- Newspaper Editor: Why is it important, do you think, to see this images? Why is it important for you to be there? Right now you may be one of the only Western journalists in Homs. Our team has just left.
- Marie Colvin: For an audience for which any conflict is very far away, this is the reality. There are 28,000 civilians, men, women and...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“- Marie Colvin: The Syrian regime is claiming that they're not hitting civilians, that they're just going after terrorist gangs. But every civilian house has been hit. The top floor of the building I'm in has been totally destroyed. There are no military targets here. It is a complete and utter lie.
- Newspaper Editor: Well, thank you for using...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“- Pina: It's been two years now. How long ago that seems now. And how things have changed, though we were already at war then.
- Francesco: Everyone foolishly thought it would be over quickly and that we'd only see it on newsreels.
- Pina: When is it going to end? Sometimes I just can't go on. This winter feels like it will never end.
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“- Young Student: You say you want to end the war, so why don't you?
- Richard M. Nixon: Change always comes slowly. I pulled out more than half the troops. I'm trying to cut the military budget for the first time in 30 years. I want a volunteer army. But it's also a question of American credibility, our position in the world.”
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