Bruce Morton Quotes

You come back from war, and you have a certain authority to talk about war.

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

I’m no hero. Hero’s don’t return from war. Survivors do.

Nobody hates a war more than soldiers who have been through it.

I think there's a tremendous split between people who've been through a war and people who haven't.

We have won the war. Now we have to win the peace, and it may be more difficult.

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can.

The militiaman is best employed at his plough

Part of ending any war responsibly is to support those who fought it

It is not easy to talk about peace to people who are mourning every day.

Vietnam was my nightmare for a good ten years.

When I came back from Vietnam in 1965, I just had the greatest brainwashing anybody could get…

We are at war, and it's ongoing, and there's no end in sight. More and more guys are coming back from it, and the transition back to civilian life is almost too big a mountain to climb.

My grandparents were deeply affected by war, and it was obvious that the men who fought were horribly affected, as were the women who remained at home.

I am not going to second-guess my old battlefield comrades from Iraq and Afghanistan; each has his own reason for what he has done.

We, the soldiers who have returned from battle stained with blood, we who have seen our relatives and friends killed before our eyes, we who have attended their funerals and cannot look into the eyes of their parents, we who have come from a land where parents bury their children, we who have fought against you, the Palestinians We say to you today in a loud and clear voice: Enough of blood and tears. Enough.

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.

As peacemakers, we must resist all the powers of war and destruction and proclaim that peace is the divine gift offered to all who affirm life. Resistance means saying 'No' to all the forces of death, wherever they may be.

War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate.

As a combat veteran, I know the cost of war.

You know, veterans come home and they may not be bipolar, but after they've been through a war with PTSD or a head injury, their families have a handful when they come home.

In Turkey, we have lived almost everything that could be lived; war and torture... The war concept was consumed to its limits. But there is only one way we have not tried: negotiations, peace, and talking.

In the aftermath of any war or genocide, healing and reconciliation are ultimate aspirations.

No one hates war like a soldier hates war.

Peace is something very dear. If you've been through wars and operations and battles, you want peace.