David Hackworth Quotes

War is by no means something glamorous, and I don't think that should ever be forgotten.

War is horrible because it strangles youth.

There's nothing glamorous about war at all.

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

War is terrible. There is nothing romantic about war.

Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is why we despise war.

War is a profane thing.

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

There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.

War is never cheap or easy.

There is many a boy here to-day who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

The disasters of war can be infinitely eerie and poignant.

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

War is a fundamental aspect of human existence. It's good to know what war entails and what the human sacrifice is.

If you're going to write about war, the ugly side is inevitable. Suffering and death are obviously part of war.

To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences.

War is not some sort of Nintendo video game.

Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.

War is hell.

War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.

The camera will show the true face of war.

Bones inside clothes. That was war to me.

War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.