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Yesterday, December 7, 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. — Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1941I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. — Winston Churchill · 1940Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. — Winston Churchill · 1940This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. — Winston Churchill · 1942Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.' — Winston Churchill · 1940We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. — Winston Churchill · 1940All 20 quotes →War8 quotes
You probably heard we ain't in the prisoner-takin' business; we in the killin' Nazi business and cousin, business is a-boomin'. — Lt. Aldo Raine · 2009Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. — George S. Patton · 1969The United States is the last country in the world that Japan should fight. — General Kuribayashi · 2006Now, an army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap. — General George S. Patton · 1969I don't want to get any messages saying that we are holding our position. We're not holding anything. Let the Hun do that. We are advancing constantly and we are not interested in holding on to anything except the enemy. We're going to hold on to him by the nose and we're gonna kick him in the ass. We're gonna kick the hell out of him all the time and we're gonna go through him like crap through a goose! — General George S. Patton · 1969Now, there's one thing that you men will be able to say when you get back home and you may thank God for it. Thirty years from now, when you're sitting around your fireside with your grandson on your knee and he asks you, "What did you do in the great World War II?" you won't have to say, "Well...I shoveled shit in Louisiana." — General George S. Patton · 1969All 8 quotes →War (film)8 quotes
You probably heard we ain't in the prisoner-takin' business; we in the killin' Nazi business and cousin, business is a-boomin'. — Lt. Aldo Raine · 2009Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. — George S. Patton · 1969The United States is the last country in the world that Japan should fight. — General Kuribayashi · 2006Now, an army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap. — General George S. Patton · 1969I don't want to get any messages saying that we are holding our position. We're not holding anything. Let the Hun do that. We are advancing constantly and we are not interested in holding on to anything except the enemy. We're going to hold on to him by the nose and we're gonna kick him in the ass. We're gonna kick the hell out of him all the time and we're gonna go through him like crap through a goose! — General George S. Patton · 1969Now, there's one thing that you men will be able to say when you get back home and you may thank God for it. Thirty years from now, when you're sitting around your fireside with your grandson on your knee and he asks you, "What did you do in the great World War II?" you won't have to say, "Well...I shoveled shit in Louisiana." — General George S. Patton · 1969All 8 quotes →Biography5 quotes
Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. — George S. Patton · 1969Now, an army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap. — General George S. Patton · 1969I don't want to get any messages saying that we are holding our position. We're not holding anything. Let the Hun do that. We are advancing constantly and we are not interested in holding on to anything except the enemy. We're going to hold on to him by the nose and we're gonna kick him in the ass. We're gonna kick the hell out of him all the time and we're gonna go through him like crap through a goose! — General George S. Patton · 1969Now, there's one thing that you men will be able to say when you get back home and you may thank God for it. Thirty years from now, when you're sitting around your fireside with your grandson on your knee and he asks you, "What did you do in the great World War II?" you won't have to say, "Well...I shoveled shit in Louisiana." — General George S. Patton · 1969Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. Because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans. — General George S. Patton · 1969Biography (film)5 quotes
Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. — George S. Patton · 1969Now, an army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap. — General George S. Patton · 1969I don't want to get any messages saying that we are holding our position. We're not holding anything. Let the Hun do that. We are advancing constantly and we are not interested in holding on to anything except the enemy. We're going to hold on to him by the nose and we're gonna kick him in the ass. We're gonna kick the hell out of him all the time and we're gonna go through him like crap through a goose! — General George S. Patton · 1969Now, there's one thing that you men will be able to say when you get back home and you may thank God for it. Thirty years from now, when you're sitting around your fireside with your grandson on your knee and he asks you, "What did you do in the great World War II?" you won't have to say, "Well...I shoveled shit in Louisiana." — General George S. Patton · 1969Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. Because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans. — General George S. Patton · 1969Drama2 quotes
There may be dark days ahead, and war can no longer be confined to the battlefield, but we can only do the right as we see the right, and reverently commit our cause to God. If one and all, we keep resolutely faithful to it, then, with God's help, we shall prevail. — King George VI · 2010I'm very much afraid, sir, that your greatest test is yet to come. — Stanley Baldwin · 2010Drama (film)2 quotes
There may be dark days ahead, and war can no longer be confined to the battlefield, but we can only do the right as we see the right, and reverently commit our cause to God. If one and all, we keep resolutely faithful to it, then, with God's help, we shall prevail. — King George VI · 2010I'm very much afraid, sir, that your greatest test is yet to come. — Stanley Baldwin · 2010Historical drama2 quotes
There may be dark days ahead, and war can no longer be confined to the battlefield, but we can only do the right as we see the right, and reverently commit our cause to God. If one and all, we keep resolutely faithful to it, then, with God's help, we shall prevail. — King George VI · 2010I'm very much afraid, sir, that your greatest test is yet to come. — Stanley Baldwin · 2010Historical drama (film)2 quotes
There may be dark days ahead, and war can no longer be confined to the battlefield, but we can only do the right as we see the right, and reverently commit our cause to God. If one and all, we keep resolutely faithful to it, then, with God's help, we shall prevail. — King George VI · 2010I'm very much afraid, sir, that your greatest test is yet to come. — Stanley Baldwin · 2010Adventure1 quote
Are all American officers so ill-mannered? — Von Luger 'The Kommandant' · 1963Adventure (film)1 quote
Are all American officers so ill-mannered? — Von Luger 'The Kommandant' · 1963Autobiography and memoir1 quote
The Marshall Plan will go down in history as one of America's greatest contributions to the peace of the world. — Harry Truman · 1955Historical literature1 quote
In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill. — Winston ChurchillRock music1 quote
Did you see the frightened ones? Did you hear the falling bombs? Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky? — Pink Floyd · 1979War poetry1 quote
In bombers named for girls, we burned
The cities we had learned about in school-
Till our lives wore out; our bodies lay among
The people we had killed and never seen.
When we lasted long enough they gave us medals;
When we died they said, "Our casualties were low." — Randall Jarrell · 1948