War Cry Quotes

• Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Education, War, Cry

  Lynn Sherr, Susan B. Anthony (1995). “Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words”, Crown

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• Sharley felt his strength ebbing away, and his weak leg throbbed painfully, but then a tingling sensation thrilled through his frame and the fighting blood of the Lindenshield clan began to roar through his veins. He drew breath and out crashed the war cry of the icemark.

  Stuart Hill

  War, Fighting, Blood

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• Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!

  William Shakespeare

  Dog, Military, War

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 270

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• We have met the enemy and they are ours.

  Oliver Hazard Perry

  Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Military

  Message toWilliam Henry Harrison, 10 Sept. 1813. The source is Perry's dispatch from the U.S. brig Niagara to General Harrison, announcing that victory at the Battle of Lake Erie was secure. The dispatch was written in pencil on the back of an old letter; it is quoted in Robert B. McAfee, History of the LateWar in theWestern Country (1816). SeeWalt Kelly 2; Walt Kelly 3

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  If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.

  Genghis Khan

  Badass, Bad Ass, Punishment

  "History of the World Conqueror" by 'Ala-ad-Din 'Ata-Malik Juvain, translated by J.A. Boyle, p. 105, 1958.

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• ...and suddenly it occurred to him that the birds, whose twitters and repeated songs sounded so pretty and affirming of nature and the coming day, might actually, in a code known only to other birds, be the birds each saying 'Get away' or 'This branch is mine!' or 'This tree is mine! I'll kill you! Kill, kill!' Or any other manner of dark, brutal, or self-protective stuff—they might be listening to war cries. The thought came from nowhere and made his spirits dip for some reason.

  David Foster Wallace

  Song, War, Dark

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• Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall with our English dead.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Memorial Day, Wall

  'Henry V' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 1

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• Are we all ready? (Deimos) (Letting out a blood-chilling war cry, he and the rest of the Dolophoni ran through the caverns.) I hate their dramatics…and their decibel level. (M'Adoc)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Hate, War, Blood

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• Cry "havoc!" and let loose the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial.

  William Shakespeare

  Dog, War, Men

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 270

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• Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!

  Joshua

  War, Voice, Giving

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• All pity choked with custom of fell deeds.

  William Shakespeare

  War, Deeds, Anarchy

  William Shakespeare (1996). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.597, Wordsworth Editions

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• Even when I am gone, I shall remain in people's minds the star of their rights, my name will be the war cry of their efforts, the motto of their hopes.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Stars, War, Rights

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• Whatever the label on the parties, or the war cries issuing from the demagogues who lead them, the practical choice is between the plutocracy on the one side and a rabble of preposterous impossibilists on the other.

  H. L. Mencken

  War, Party, Choices

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.159, Vintage

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• Right," said Fat Charlie conversationally. "You realize, of course, that this means war." It was the traditional war cry of a rabbit when pushed too far.

  Neil Gaiman

  War, Mean, Rabbits

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• I feel great about [War Cries regular series]. It's my third year with the show and every season the part's sort of increased and gotten more and more interesting so I'm really thrilled to just be more a part of things.

  Miguel Ferrer

  War, Years, Interesting

  Source: www.tvfanatic.com

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• There never was a good war or a bad revolution.

  Edward Abbey

  Veterans Day, Peace, War

  Edward Abbey (1998). “The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel”, p.140, Macmillan

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• Buried was the bloody hatchet; Buried was the dreadful war-club; Buried were all warlike weapons, And the war-cry was forgotten. Then was peace among the nations.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Peace, War, Clubs

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Chase Salmon Osborn, Stellanova Osborn (1944). “"Hiawatha".: with its original Indian legends, compiled, with essays on its authentic background of lake Superior country and Chippewa Indians”

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• Monopoly and privilege must be destroyed, opportunity afforded, and competition encouraged. This is Liberty's work, and Down with Authority her war-cry.

  Benjamin Tucker

  War, Opportunity, Competition

  Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1893). “Instead of a Book”, Ayer Company Pub

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