Ernest Hemingway War Quotes

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What did Ernest Hemingway say about War?

Ernest Hemingway has written many quotes about War. E.g.,

  • In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.
  • They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.
  • I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.

What are the top most famous War quotes by Ernest Hemingway?

Here are the top most famous quotes about War by Ernest Hemingway.

  • In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.
  • They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.
  • I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.
  • Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
  • The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.
  • Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.
  • For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive.