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September 2, 2016 By Meg Waite Clayton

15 Quotes on War from Journalists and Others

Since today is the 71st anniversary of the End of WWII, I’ve put together some quotes on war — and women journalists’ experiences of it — together here with images for some of the quotes by women, because they aren’t heard enough (just in case you might like to help them be heard):
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I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. – Albert Einstein

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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. – Voltaire

It is awful to die at the end of the summer when you are young and have fought a long
time … and when you know the war is won anyhow. – journalist Martha Gellhorn

Gellhorn

Only the dead have seen the end of war. – Plato

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. – Prime Minister Winston Churchill

Iris-Carpenter

I’ve been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has become too great. – journalist Ernie Pyle

We decided, like millions of other people, that we were most heartily sick of war. What we really wanted to do was borrow a sled and go coasting. – journalist Martha Gellhorn

I had the clothes I was standing in, a couple dozen films, and an eiderdown blanket roll. I was the only photographer for miles around, and I now owned a private war. – photojournalist Lee Miller

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God created war so that Americans would learn geography. – Mark Twain

And perhaps the best war quote of all:
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Meg Waite Clayton is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of eight novels, including the Good Morning America Buzz pick and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice THE POSTMISTRESS OF PARIS, the National Jewish Book Award finalist THE LAST TRAIN TO LONDON, the Langum-Prize honored THE RACE FOR PARIS, and THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS, one of Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Essential Best Friend Novels of all time. Her novels have been published in 23 languages. She has also written more than 100 pieces for major newspapers, magazines, and public radio, mentors in the OpEd Project, and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and the California bar. megwaiteclayton.com

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