William J. Crowe Jr. Quotes

Battle is an orgy of disorder.

War! War! War! I fear it will swallow up everything good and useful.

Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war.

War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good... war sucks.

It's a war zone. Terrible things happen.

For what can war, but endless war, still breed?

There is chaos. There's bloodshed. There's carnage.

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos.

War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.

War is a profane thing.

War is at its best barbarism.

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death.

Then comes the catastrophe. Then the great mobilization will take place in Europe; 16-18 million men, the flower of the various nations, armed with the best tools of death, will enter the field as enemies. But, I am convinced, that behind the great mobilization there stands the great havoc. It will not come through our party, but rather yours. You are driving things to the limit. You are leading us to catastrophe. You will reap what you have sown

War is unsettling.

War is a fevered god who takes alike maiden and king and clod.

I don’t pray often, but on this occasion I pray devoutly that the Armies of Europe may bleed each other till they faint with the loss of blood..

Create havoc, create destruction.

War is an unpredictable beast. Once unleashed, it runs like a rabid dog, ravening friend or foe alike. It can drag on for years, a slow attrition of nerve and fortitude, or be over in one brilliant flash, an extravagant conflagration of flame and blood and waste.

You see, the outcome of the battle is unimportant. What matters is the chaos, and the slaughter.

War is hell. You can't photograph a flying bullet, but you can capture genuine fear.

The first time I experienced war, I thought the world was ending.

Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product.

War is the ultimate reality-based horror show.

Man's greatest fear is chaos.