# Cool war soundbites that come to mind.

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**Created:** [March 25, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-war-soundbites-that-come-to-mind/164004 "2003-03-25T12:40:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-war-soundbites-that-come-to-mind/164004/1 "2003-03-25T12:40:11Z")

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Here, in no particular order, are some of my favourite war soundbites:

“War is hell.” - General Douglas McArthur

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” - Plato

“This will be the Mother of all Battles.” - Saddam Hussein (1991)

“We had to destroy the village in order to save it.” - American military press officer (Viet Nam)

“Nuts!” - General Tony McAuliffe’s reply to the German ultimatum to surrender or die at Bastogne.

“War…what is it good for?” - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

“People should know when they’re conquered” - Quintus - “Would you Quintus?..Would I?” - Maximus (Gladiator)

Anyone got any of their own?

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-war-soundbites-that-come-to-mind/164004/2 "2003-03-25T14:45:53Z")

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Jed Babbin said, “Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion.”

[http://www.snopes2.com/quotes/babbin.htm](http://www.snopes2.com/quotes/babbin.htm)