I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its stupidity.


Speech in Ottawa (10 January 1946), published in Eisenhower Speaks : Dwight D. Eisenhower in His Messages and Speeches (1948) edited by Rudolph L. Treuenfels

Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its stupidity.

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its stupidity.

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its stupidity.

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its stupidity.