War quotes

“There is a rumor they are evacuating Moscow. Yeah. There are even people leaving Kansas City because of the missile fields. Now I ask you: Where does one go from Kansas City? To, uh, the Yukon? To Tahiti? We are not talking about Hiroshima anymore. Hiroshima was... was peanuts!”
George Petrie - Dr. Landowska

“I never forgot what you taught me: in war, the victorious strategist only seeks battle... after the victory has been won.”

Toby Stephens - Gustav Graves

“There's a war going on out there. Blade, myself, a few others, we've tried to keep it from spilling over onto the streets. Sometimes people like yourself get caught in the cross fire.”
Kris Kristofferson - Whistler

“- Thorin Oakenshield: Oh great Elf King, my truest friend and ally, we must join our forces against this common scourge!
- The Elvenking: But of course, oh noble King Under the Mountain. Your people are like brothers unto mine.
- Bard: And my men and all their weapons are as one with yours! Together we will vanquish the fell foe...
- Everyone:...” (continue)(continue reading)
Hans Conried - Thorin Oakenshield
Otto Preminger - The Elvenking
John Stephenson - Bard
Orson Bean - Bilbo

“- Col. Samuel Trautman: The Kremlin's got a hell of a sense of humor.
- Colonel Zaysen: Please explain.
- Col. Samuel Trautman: You talk peace and disarmament. And here you are wiping out a race of people!”
Richard Crenna - Col. Samuel Trautman
Marc de Jonge - Colonel Zaysen

“You're talking about mass murder, general, not war!”
Peter Sellers - President Merkin Muffley

“It's true we Americans don't know very much about you Japanese. And we never did. And now I realize you know even less about us. You can kill us. All of us, or part of us. But if you think that's going to put the fear of God into the United States of America, and stop them from sending other flyers to bomb you, you're wrong.”
Dana Andrews - Capt. Harvey Ross

“Many have died, last week, on these streets. In the basement of this building, you will find them. I have given them the last rites. Now, you do what you will. You are stronger than us. But soon, I think they be stronger than you. When the dead walk, señores, we must stop the killing... or lose the war.”
Jese Del Gre - Old Priest

“Most of the miseries of the world were caused by wars. And when the wars were over, no one ever knew what they were about.”
Leslie Howard - Ashley - His Son

“This game has one objective: power. We will be fighting for countries, chosen at random by the machine. But for this demonstration, I will choose France. Target areas will light up on the map. Whoever hits them first with his laser beam will score a point. But there is another way to win: with your left hand, you control two nuclear missiles;...” (continue)(continue reading)

Klaus Maria Brandauer - Maximilian Largo

“Mankind united with infinitely greater purpose in pursuit of war than he ever did in pursuit of peace.”
Sean Pertwee - Father

“- Aragorn: The Beacons of Minas Tirith! The Beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid.
- Theoden: And Rohan will answer. Muster the Rohirrim. Assemble the army at Dunharrow. As many men as can be found. You have two days. On the third, we ride for Gondor... and war.”
Viggo Mortensen - Aragorn
Bernard Hill - Theoden

“This is your war. You wanted it. You asked for it. You started it. And now you're going to get it. And it won't be finished until your dirty little empire is wiped off the face of the Earth.”
Dana Andrews - Capt. Harvey Ross

“- Sam Marlow: You know what'd end all wars? Make everybody fight naked. Then nobody'd know who to kill, and that would be the end of it.
- Elsa: Sam...
- Sam Marlow: No, I mean it. And let the women get in there naked, too. That'd cinch it. No more war... just peace on Earth and a lot of whoopee.”
Robert Sacchi - Sam Marlow
Olivia Hussey - Elsa

“- Guy: Sorry about your family.
- Vera: It's war.”

Dennis Quaid - Guy
Natasa Ninkovic - Vera

“- Halina: We could hide the money. Look here. We can hide the money under the flower pots.
- Father: No, no, no, no, I'll tell you what we do. We use tried and tested methods. You know what we did in the last war? We made a hole in the table leg and hid the money in there.
- Henryk: And suppose they take the table away?”
Jessica Kate Meyer - Halina
Frank Finlay - Father
Ed Stoppard - Henryk

“It's gonna be hot and wet! That's nice if you're with a lady, but it ain't no good if you're in the jungle.”
Robin Williams - Adrian Cronauer

“- Hector: Now he's talking war against Troy.
- Paris: Why?
- Hector: Because we control access to the silks and spices of Byzantine.
- Paris: I can't believe people go to war over nutmeg.
- Hector: Well, they do, Paris, and you'd better get used to it.”
Daniel Lapaine - Hector
Matthew Marsden - Paris

“The death agony of the Japanese army in Borneo was as sad as the sinking of a great ship. Bullets, explosives, poisoned arrows. Men stumbling through the night, mumbling incoherently. Hunger. Men eating weeds, leeches, insects - and each other. Despair, madness. For me, for us, the same period was as thrilling as a cavalry charge. May god...” (continue)(continue reading)
Nigel Havers - Botanist

“That was before I went over there, I was probably a lot like you, I guess. Full of beans. Wanted to see everything, do everything. But, by the time they got through with me over there in General Patton's army, I just wanted to find myself a nice little out-of-the-way corner of the world, get myself a nice comfortable chair... and just sit.”

Eddie Jones - Earl

“The war of the future is nuclear terrorism. It is and it will be against a small group of dissidents who, unbeknownst, perhaps, to their own governments, have blah blah blah.”

Robert De Niro - Conrad Brean

“- Saruman: You have fought many wars and slain many men, Theoden King, and made peace afterwards. Can we not take council as we once did, my old friend? Can we not have peace?
- Theoden: We shall have peace... We shall have peace when you answer for the burning of the Westfold, and the children that lie dead there! We shall have peace when the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Sir Christopher Lee - Saruman
Bernard Hill - Theoden

“I'm a Vietnam veteran, I'm here tonight to say, this war is wrong, this government lied to me, lied to my brothers, the people in this country tricked us into going thirteen thousand miles to fight a war against poor peasant people who have a proud history of resistance who have been struggling for their own independence for one thousand years,...” (continue)(continue reading)
Tom Cruise - Ron Kovic

“- Grig: The Armada will break through the Frontier here, and reach Rylos in about 20 clicks. Squadrons of deck fighters will precede the mothership.
- Alex Rogan: Squadrons? How many squadrons?
- Grig: It isn't the number of squadrons that concerns me, it's this communication turret that sends out the commands to the deck fighters, which enables...” (continue)(continue reading)
Dan O'Herlihy - Grig
Lance Guest - Alex Rogan

“In war, time is so precious to the young people.”
Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver