George R. R. Martin Quotes

It is very difficult to do one's duty. I was considered a barbarian because at the storming of the Praga, 7,000 people were killed. Europe says that I am a monster. I myself have read this in the papers, but I would have liked to talk to people about this and ask them: is it not better to finish a war with the death of 7,000 people rather than to drag it on and kill 100,000.

Morality is contraband in war.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.

I’m not opposed to all wars; just dumb wars.

I don’t oppose all wars. And I know that in this crowd today, there is no shortage of patriots. Or of patriotism. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

All wars are tragedies, but not all wars are sins.

I think war is so incredibly backward, and I don't think it's intelligent, and it's not sane. So why would you want to support it?

What is more immoral than war?

War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize 'world peace' even when we get it.

Nothing can justify war.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.

I don't think the war in Afghanistan was ruthlessly enough waged.

I think war should be illegal.

Once you start a war, you have to win.

Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

You cannot be politically correct in a war.

Foreign policy is about choosing from nasty options.

We believe in peace, but we are not pacifists. Sometimes we have to use force

One makes mistakes in every war.

There are a lot of starry eyed State Department boys busting to raise the standard of living of Arabs who should be all killed off… no State Department people should be permitted in a theater of war, nor at the peace treaty

We cannot go on fighting a war for small hills.

Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper and safe judges of whether a war ought to be commenced, continued or concluded.