Ernest Hemingway Quotes
Ernest Hemingway Quotations
Ernest Miller Hemingway
American novelist and short-story writer. He was also a veteran from WW1 and WW2.
Lived: 1899–1961
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Military Related Ernest Hemingway Quotes
“Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.”
– Ernest Hemingway
“For a war to be just three conditions are necessary – public authority, just cause, right motive.”
– Ernest Hemingway
“Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, and attack the weaker form with the positive object.”
– Ernest Hemingway
“I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.”
– Ernest Hemingway
“Wars are caused by undefended wealth.”
– Ernest Hemingway Quotes
“The sinews of war are five – men, money, materials, maintenance (food) and morale.”
– Ernest Hemingway Quotes
“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
– Ernest Hemingway Quotes
“In modern war… you will die like a dog for no good reason.”
– Ernest Hemingway
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