270 Movie Quotes about War (+ Sound Clips) - page 9

Updated: Aug 19, 2025

Memorable quotes about war, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

81 He said war was too important to be left to the generals.

Sterling Hayden as General Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove

82 But today... war is too important to be left to politicians. They have neither the time, the training nor the inclination for strategic thought.

Sterling Hayden as General Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove

83 We're all scared. And why shouldn't we be? What do you think we use in war, water pistols?

Quote from The Roaring Twenties (1939)

84 I'll let you stand behind the bar with your medals on and tell the drunks how you won the war.

Humphrey Bogart as George Hally in The Roaring Twenties (1939)

85 How will we fight an army of the dead at our castle walls?

Quote from Army of Darkness (1992)

86 No, not that way! You're going the wrong way! The battle's behind us!

Sir Didymus in Labyrinth (1986)

87 You don't tell me how to run my war!

Tom Berenger as Sgt. Bob Barnes in Platoon

88 The war is over for me now, but it will always be there the rest of my days...

Charlie Sheen as Private Chris Taylor in Platoon

89 We got a loudspeaker here and when we go into battle, we play music very loud. It kind of calms us down.

Donald Sutherland as Tank Commander Oddball in Kelly's Heroes

90 Hey, look, you and us, we're just soldiers, right? We don't even know what this war's all about. All we do is we fight and we die. And for what? We don't get anything out of it.

Telly Savalas as Sergeant Big Joe in Kelly's Heroes