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->''In peace, sons bury their fathers. [[WarIsHell In war, fathers bury sons]].''
-->-- '''Herodotus'''
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->''"The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he comes from, and if he really was evil at heart. What lies or threats led him on this long march from home, or he would not rather have stayed there... in peace? War will make corpses of us all."''
-->--'''Faramir''', ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers''
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->"It was Sam's first view of a battle of Men against Men, and he did not like it much. He was glad that he could not see the dead face. He wondered what the man's name was and where he came from; and if he was really evil of heart, or what lies or threats had led him on the long march from his home; and if he would rather have stayed there in peace."
-->-- ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''
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->This is not a promotion, it is a burden that you and you alone will shoulder. You will fight, you will struggle, and you will fall. You will see the worst things a man can do to another living being. In this war, that is the truth you will know.
-->-- '''Kyril Sutherland''', to his two [[TheApprentice apprentices]], ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls''

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->"It is the ruin of this kind land," a woman said. "If the barons live at war, ploughfolk must eat roots."
-->-- ''Literature/TheBlackArrow''



-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E8TheZygonInversion The Zygon Inversion]]"

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-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E8TheZygonInversion The Zygon Inversion]]"
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-->-- "[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/a-burial-in-the-woods A Burial in the Woods]]," ''Wiki/SCPFoundation''

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-->-- "[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/a-burial-in-the-woods A Burial in the Woods]]," ''Wiki/SCPFoundation''
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-->-- "Elegy of Winds", ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel''

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-->-- "Elegy '''"Elegy of Winds", Winds"''', ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel''
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->''[[DeathOfAChild Petals far too young, blown away by the black winds\\
Stranded on the shores of a sea of silence]]\\
For how much longer will we have to wait for the storms to pass?''
-->-- "Elegy of Winds", ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel''
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->''This pair of sweet young lovers\\
Shot and fallen side by side on this day\\
Leaving all these ridiculous earthly stances and views behind together finally\\
I seem to hear the wind singing this song again:\\
Love, building on what you believe\\
Be it sweet or bitter on the road, they held on to each other\\
Love, is never meant to be separated by religions\\
Has no place for ethnic conflicts\\
Always would rather love you from life until death''
-->-- '''Sammi Cheng''', "[[UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo]]" (original song in Cantonese [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_nusnaFV4o here]])
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->Vowed to wipe out the [[GrimUpNorth Xiongnu]] regardless of cost\\
Five thousand elites lost in the barbarian dust\\
Have pity on the white skeletons on the Wuding River bank\\
For they are now only in the dreams of young women back home.
-->--'''Chen Tao''', "[[https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E9%9A%B4%E8%A5%BF%E8%A1%8C%E5%9B%9B%E9%A6%96 Journey to Longxi]]" (from the [[OlderThanPrint 9th century]])
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-->-- '''Byr''', "[[Literature/{{Kane}} Lynortis Reprise]]"

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-->-- '''Byr''', "[[Literature/{{Kane}} "[[Literature/KaneSeries Lynortis Reprise]]"
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->First came the Greycoats to eat all my swine,\\
Next came the Bluecoats to make my sons fight,\\
Next came the Greencoats to make my wife whore,\\
Next came the Browncoats to burn down my home.\\
I have naught but my life, now come the Blackcoats to rob me of that.
-->--Anonymous poem from the Thirty Years War
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-->-- ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''

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-->-- '''Niko Bellic''', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''

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-->'''-- ''[[VideoGame/{{ARMA}} ArmA 3: Remnants of War]]'''''

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->''"You remember, during [[UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars the war]]... we did some bad things and bad things happened to us. War is where the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other."''
-->-- ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''

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->'''Taran:''' Oh, Dallben, I was just thinking. What of the war's over, and I never had a chance to fight?
->'''Dallben:''' Hmm... And a good thing, too! War isn't a game. People get hurt!

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->'''Taran:''' Oh, Dallben, I was just thinking. What of the war's over, and I never had a chance to fight?
->'''Dallben:'''
fight?\\
'''Dallben:'''
Hmm... And a good thing, too! War isn't a game. People get hurt!


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->''"Old men start it. Young men fight it. Nobody wins. Everybody in the middle dies. And nobody tells the truth!"''
-->-- '''John Rambo''', ''Film/RamboIV''
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->''Time to fight\\
Have to kill\\
Havin' to see blood spill\\
So this is what it's all about\\
It's not John Wayne in a movie\\
There are no parades for these heroes\\
And all I can line up are the widows\\
War is real\\
Death is made of steel\\
I don't want to see\\
I cannot believe it''
-->-- '''{{Music/Minutemen}}''', "No Parade"
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-> As there was no compulsion towards a conflict which, in despite of the apparent bitterness of parties, took so long to engage and needed so much assiduous blowing to fan the flame, so no right was vindicated by its ragged end. The war solved no problem. Its effects, both immediate and indirect, were either negative or disastrous. Morally subversive, economically destructive, socially degrading, confused in its causes, devious in its course, futile in its result, it is the outstanding example in European history of meaningless conflict. The overwhelming majority in Europe, the overwhelming majority in Germany, wanted no war; powerless and voiceless, there was no need even to persuade them that they did. The decision was made without thought of them. Yet of those who, one by one, let themselves be drawn into the conflict, few were irresponsible and nearly all were genuinely anxious for an ultimate and better peace. Almost all—one excepts the King of Sweden—were actuated rather by fear than by lust of conquest or passion of faith. They wanted peace and they fought for thirty years to be sure of it. They did not learn then, and have not since, that war breeds only war.
-->-- '''Cicely Vivienne Wedgwood''', ''The Thirty Years War''
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-->'''-- ''[[VideoGame/{{ARMA}} ArmA 3: Remnants of War]]''

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-->--''''[[VideoGame/{{ARMA}} ArmA 3: Remnants of War]]''''

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-->--'''[[VideoGame/{{ARMA}} ArmA 3: Remnants of War]]'''

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'''Nathan [=MacDade=]''': ''I'd have to say - y'know I'm not sure. I mean, I don't think it's quite so [[BlackAndWhiteMorality 'black and white']]. It's more... [[BlackAndGrayMorality black and grey]]. Hell, [[GreyAndGrayMorality grey and grey]], y'know? No one side can be held accountable for the bloodshed here. No one action got us where we are now. And the folks here in Oreokastro? They're the ones that've suffered. This is the reality. This is war.''

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'''Nathan [=MacDade=]''': ''I'd have to say - y'know I'm not sure. I mean, I don't think it's quite so [[BlackAndWhiteMorality 'black and white']]. It's more... [[BlackAndGrayMorality black and grey]]. Hell, [[GreyAndGrayMorality grey and grey]], y'know? No one side can be held accountable for the bloodshed here. No one action got us where we are now. I dunno. What can we do? Just... double-down on our efforts. Heal the wounds... And the folks here in Oreokastro? They're the ones that've suffered. This is the reality. This is war.''
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->The morning is grey, it was still summer when we came up, and we were one hundred and fifty strong. Now we freeze, it is autumn, the leaves rustle, the voices flutter out wearily: "One- Two- Three- Four-" and cease at thirty-two. And there is a long silence before the voice asks: "Anyone else?"- and waits and then says softly: "In squads-" and then breaks off and is only able to finish: "Second Company-" with difficulty: "Second Company- March easy!"\\
A line, a short line trudges off into the morning. Thirty-two men.
-->-- ''Literature/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront''
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'''Katherine Bishop''': ''In your opinion, who's most to blame for all the suffering in Oreokastro? [[TheAlliance NATO]]? [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified The guerrillas]]? [[TheEmpire CSAT?]]? [[ArmiesAreEvil The Altis Armed Forces]]? Or, I don't know, something else?''\\
'''Nathan [=MacDade=]''': ''I'd have to say - y'know I'm not sure. I mean, I don't think it's quite so [[BlackAndWhiteMorality 'black and white']]. It's more... [[BlackAndGrayMorality black and grey]]. Hell, [[BlackAndGrayMorality grey and grey]], y'know? No one side can be held accountable for the bloodshed here. No one action got us where we are now. And the folks here in Oreokastro? They're the ones that've suffered. This is the reality. This is war.''

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'''Katherine Bishop''': ''In your opinion, who's most to blame for all the suffering in Oreokastro? [[TheAlliance NATO]]? [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified The guerrillas]]? [[TheEmpire CSAT?]]? CSAT]]? [[ArmiesAreEvil The Altis Armed Forces]]? Or, I don't know, something else?''\\
'''Nathan [=MacDade=]''': ''I'd have to say - y'know I'm not sure. I mean, I don't think it's quite so [[BlackAndWhiteMorality 'black and white']]. It's more... [[BlackAndGrayMorality black and grey]]. Hell, [[BlackAndGrayMorality [[GreyAndGrayMorality grey and grey]], y'know? No one side can be held accountable for the bloodshed here. No one action got us where we are now. And the folks here in Oreokastro? They're the ones that've suffered. This is the reality. This is war.''
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'''Katherine Bishop''': ''In your opinion, who's most to blame for all the suffering in Oreokastro? [[TheAlliance NATO?]], [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified The guerrillas?]], [[TheEmpire CSAT?]], [[ArmiesAreEvil The Altis Armed Forces?]] Or, I don't know, something else?''\\

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'''Katherine Bishop''': ''In your opinion, who's most to blame for all the suffering in Oreokastro? [[TheAlliance NATO?]], NATO]]? [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified The guerrillas?]], guerrillas]]? [[TheEmpire CSAT?]], CSAT?]]? [[ArmiesAreEvil The Altis Armed Forces?]] Forces]]? Or, I don't know, something else?''\\
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'''Katherine Bishop''': ''In your opinion, who's most to blame for all the suffering in Oreokastro? [[TheAlliance NATO?]], [[RevolutionWillNotBeVilified The guerrillas?]], [[TheEmpire CSAT?]], [[ArmiesAreEvil The Altis Armed Forces?]] Or, I don't know, something else?''\\

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'''Katherine Bishop''': ''In your opinion, who's most to blame for all the suffering in Oreokastro? [[TheAlliance NATO?]], [[RevolutionWillNotBeVilified [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified The guerrillas?]], [[TheEmpire CSAT?]], [[ArmiesAreEvil The Altis Armed Forces?]] Or, I don't know, something else?''\\

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-> The insanity of war, it's like a dust storm. You can be the person caught in it, resisting, holding onto your ideals until it breaks you down, saps your strength and strips your flesh from your bones.\\

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-> The ''The insanity of war, it's like a dust storm. You can be the person caught in it, resisting, holding onto your ideals until it breaks you down, saps your strength and strips your flesh from your bones.\\



You can be that person, [[FaceHeelTurn or you can be the dust.]]

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You can be that person, [[FaceHeelTurn or you can be the dust.]]]]''


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->'''Katherine Bishop''': ''Now, there's just one last question I'd like to ask you. It's subjective, so, take your time''\\
'''Nathan [=MacDade=]''': ''Sure - fire away''\\
'''Katherine Bishop''': ''In your opinion, who's most to blame for all the suffering in Oreokastro? [[TheAlliance NATO?]], [[RevolutionWillNotBeVilified The guerrillas?]], [[TheEmpire CSAT?]], [[ArmiesAreEvil The Altis Armed Forces?]] Or, I don't know, something else?''\\
'''Nathan [=MacDade=]''': ''I'd have to say - y'know I'm not sure. I mean, I don't think it's quite so [[BlackAndWhiteMorality 'black and white']]. It's more... [[BlackAndGrayMorality black and grey]]. Hell, [[BlackAndGrayMorality grey and grey]], y'know? No one side can be held accountable for the bloodshed here. No one action got us where we are now. And the folks here in Oreokastro? They're the ones that've suffered. This is the reality. This is war.''
-->--'''[[VideoGame/{{ARMA}} ArmA 3: Remnants of War]]'''
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->I find no solace in the purpose behind of all this senseless violence that surrounds me. Young men die at a rate unheard of in centuries of warfare. Shelling. Machine guns. Mustard gas. Rip, pierce, and burn their flesh. Men soak gauze in their own urine to stop the [[DeadlyGas insidious gas]]. The [[CrisisPointHospital hospital cannot cope]] with the torrent of wounded...
-->-- '''Peter Jacob''', ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness''

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How many ways can you polish up a turd?!''\\

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How many ways can you polish up a turd?!''\\
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->''Empires built upon the bones of those who stood beside us\\
The sun has set eternally into the dark\\
And we have seen the fields of war steal the lives of sons and brothers\\
The iron heart of glory beats a hollow dirge\\
The gods of battle rise and fall, but the thirst for blood lives on\\
The Wolves of Winter rise and howl for honor's debt\\
The sands forever greedily consume the blood of friends and fathers\\
The gates of Hood will open wide with dreams of death.''
-->-- '''Caladan Brood''', "[[Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen Echoes of Battle]]"

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War has consumed many this way.

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War has consumed many this way.\\
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You can be that person, [[FaceHeelTurn or you can be the dust.]]
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-> The insanity of war, it's like a dust storm. You can be the person caught in it, resisting, holding onto your ideals until it breaks you down, saps your strength and strips your flesh from your bones.\\
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War has consumed many this way.
-->-- '''Startup Screen''', ''VideoGame/Receiver2''

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