War Attitude Quotes

Europeans are far more anti-war than Americans. They've had more wars, and they really just don't believe in it any more. But Americans do.

The German people in its whole character is not warlike, but rather soldierly, that is, while they do not want war, they are not frightened by the thoughts of it.

Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.

The English are terribly lazy about fighting. They like to get it over and done with and then set up a game of cricket.

I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.

I think that Americans - and this is not true just now, but over the years - are not fundamentally opposed to war. They're fundamentally opposed to losing wars.

My attitude toward the war [WWI] was that it must be won at all costs.

The accounting of the sacrifice is, more than anything else, the attitude toward war memorials in our time.

Present and future conditions will determine the American public’s attitude on this war.

I hated the draft, but at the same time, it's something that made every American take war seriously.