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Top 20 Jeff Shaara Quotes (2025 Update)

Jeff Shaara Quote: “As has happened in the American Civil War and World War I, the technology for mass destruction has far outpaced man’s ability to maintain the peace.”

1. “As has happened in the American Civil War and World War I, the technology for mass destruction has far outpaced man’s ability to maintain the peace.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “Wars are indeed fought by children, by young people who have little to say in where they are sent to die.”

2. “Wars are indeed fought by children, by young people who have little to say in where they are sent to die.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “Sorry, ma’am, but we need a big damn army right now, and there’s no better way to make one than to gather up a bunch of boys and tell them how much fun they’re going to have killing their enemy.”

3. “Sorry, ma’am, but we need a big damn army right now, and there’s no better way to make one than to gather up a bunch of boys and tell them how much fun they’re going to have killing their enemy.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “If you go to Gettysburg and take the time, maybe take a tour, maybe just drive around, read some of the monuments, read some of the plaques, you will come away changed.”

4. “If you go to Gettysburg and take the time, maybe take a tour, maybe just drive around, read some of the monuments, read some of the plaques, you will come away changed.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “I spend half my time in Montana, the other half in New York City. In unique ways, both places help me unwind, and both are the most satisfying places to live I can imagine.”

5. “I spend half my time in Montana, the other half in New York City. In unique ways, both places help me unwind, and both are the most satisfying places to live I can imagine.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “The world around him grew silent; there was something in the air. The odor of dead meat came down on the wind, drifting through the trees. Soft and sour, the smell of distant death.”

6. “The world around him grew silent; there was something in the air. The odor of dead meat came down on the wind, drifting through the trees. Soft and sour, the smell of distant death.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “Men with power either trumpet to everyone just how powerful they are, or they use that power effectively by keeping quiet about it, and going about their duties.”

7. “Men with power either trumpet to everyone just how powerful they are, or they use that power effectively by keeping quiet about it, and going about their duties.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “No one knew how to end it. The war had settled into unbearable, unwinnable battles. It had reached a point where there were no more victories, only death.”

8. “No one knew how to end it. The war had settled into unbearable, unwinnable battles. It had reached a point where there were no more victories, only death.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “As long as there are armies, there will be a war. I don’t care about symbols.”

9. “As long as there are armies, there will be a war. I don’t care about symbols.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “Quick words did not always mean a quick mind.”

10. “Quick words did not always mean a quick mind.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was not in favor of war and was under no illusion that Japan had the ability and the resources to outlast the US or Britain.”

11. “Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was not in favor of war and was under no illusion that Japan had the ability and the resources to outlast the US or Britain.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “Colonel, General Sheridan will be big enough for all of us before this is through.”

12. “Colonel, General Sheridan will be big enough for all of us before this is through.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “To his left he saw the other regiments, men from New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan. Men like these, he thought, just farmers and shopkeepers, and now we are soldiers, and now we are about to die.”

13. “To his left he saw the other regiments, men from New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan. Men like these, he thought, just farmers and shopkeepers, and now we are soldiers, and now we are about to die.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “I always had the faith that this country would elect those who knew best, who could follow the best course through any situation.”

14. “I always had the faith that this country would elect those who knew best, who could follow the best course through any situation.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “As the months passed, even the strident voices from the newspapers had begun to moderate, and the passion to put Preston’s neck in a noose had become subdued. It was a relief to Adams that with the trial now scheduled for October, he had time to work with Josiah Quincy to prepare a case based on law and reason. And it meant he could spend time with his family and enjoy the wonderful peace of the farm.”

15. “As the months passed, even the strident voices from the newspapers had begun to moderate, and the passion to put Preston’s neck in a noose had become subdued. It was a relief to Adams that with the trial now scheduled for October, he had time to work with Josiah Quincy to prepare a case based on law and reason. And it meant he could spend time with his family and enjoy the wonderful peace of the farm.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “My God, John. The king has begun to shoot his subjects.”

16. “My God, John. The king has begun to shoot his subjects.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “Not even generals can stop the rain.”

17. “Not even generals can stop the rain.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “Around him the chorus had begun, great swarms of creatures that he guessed to be insects, frogs maybe, everything else in this infernal country that had a voice. Why night? he thought. They don’t say a thing all day long. The sun goes down and they have some kind of contest to see who can croak and buzz the loudest. Just to keep us awake, I guess. Revenge for slapping at them all day, killing their cousins.”

18. “Around him the chorus had begun, great swarms of creatures that he guessed to be insects, frogs maybe, everything else in this infernal country that had a voice. Why night? he thought. They don’t say a thing all day long. The sun goes down and they have some kind of contest to see who can croak and buzz the loudest. Just to keep us awake, I guess. Revenge for slapping at them all day, killing their cousins.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “Burnside was in the best position on the field, could have moved at any time toward a weak defense, a defense that was weaker still.”

19. “Burnside was in the best position on the field, could have moved at any time toward a weak defense, a defense that was weaker still.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “I did not come into this Army to serve one man, to serve a friend.”

20. “I did not come into this Army to serve one man, to serve a friend.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “Hickenlooper’s guns had range on him.”

21. “Hickenlooper’s guns had range on him.”

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Jeff Shaara Quote: “I’m not concerned about General Burnside right now. I’m much more concerned with how far Lee will let us go before he does something.”

22. “I’m not concerned about General Burnside right now. I’m much more concerned with how far Lee will let us go before he does something.”

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