998 – “We must try not to sink beneath our anguish… but battle on.”

-Albus Dumbledore in J K Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

854 – “Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.”

–Ulysses S Grant, 18th President of the United States of America

597 – “We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.”

–Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States of America

591 – “Though I have been trained as a soldier, and participated in many battles, there never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword. I look forward to an epoch when a court, recognized by all nations, will settle international differences, instead of keeping large standing armies as they do in Europe.”

–Ulysses S Grant, 18th President of the United States [Attributed]

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

–Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States of America

195 – “The battle for freedom and justice is never hopeless, but it is never finally won. Every morning, we must wake up ready to fight it again.”

–Kofi Annan