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):
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
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
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
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
God created war so that Americans would learn geography. – Mark Twain
And perhaps the best war quote of all:
