Ridley Scott Quotes

If there was no war, the young men felt that they were denied manhood.

War was a way of life for Americans in the early forties. Heroism was expected.

A man will go to war, fight and die for his country. But he won't get a bikini wax.

For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.

Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity.

Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage.

In my grandfather's day, there was a different perspective on war and men that went into war; it was such a patriotic act to fight for your country in the Forties.

War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.

This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers.

Sacrifice is going to war for your country. Sacrifice is a brave young man being blown up by a landmine in Afghanistan.

Men go to war for fear, honor or interest.

This idle complaining, wishing, and lamenting, and boasting will answer no end. Something must be done! Must be done by you! Therefore instead of assuming the state of patriots and heroes at home, TO ARMS! and away to the field and prove your pretensions sincere. Let the thunder of this imprecation rouse you out of your ease and security...

No sir, anybody who went out and got into the front line trenches to fight for liberty was a goddamn fool and the guy who got him there was a liar.

Young people are so brave when they go to fight.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

War is an arena for the display of courage and virtue. Or war is politics by other means. War is a quasi-mystical experience where you get in touch with the real. There are millions of narratives we impose to try to make sense of war.

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

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

Our men and women in our armed forces are the real heroes in this conflict.

As a Korean War veteran, I know firsthand and understand the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform.

I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. The minute anybody presumes that they are heroes, they get their boots taken away from them and buried in the sand.

It's one thing to say you're for the war; it's another thing to send your kid to war - your daughter or your son.

Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today.

This year's Veterans Day celebration is especially significant as our country remains committed to fighting the War on Terror and as brave men and women are heroically defending our homeland.

Revenge by young men is considered gain, even at the cost of their own lives, but old men who stay at home in times of war, and mothers who have sons to lose, know better.