History Quotes / ForeverWar

-->-- '''The Boss''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3''

->''"How many days? / How many more? / How many men / lost to this war? / I can't remember / what we're fighting for!"''

->''"[[WarIsHell Death... destruction, disease, horror... that's what war is all about, Anan]]. That's what makes it a thing to be avoided. [[AMillionIsAStatistic You've made it neat and painless. So neat and painless that you've had no reason to stop it]]."''
-->-- '''Capt. James T. Kirk''', ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', "A Taste of Armageddon"

->''"Gentlemen. We shall continue with plans for the upcoming war. And the war after that. And the next, and the next, and the next..."''
-->-- '''The Major''', ''Anime/{{Hellsing|Ultimate}}'' OVA #3

->''"This delightful and cheery war started in July 1914. It is now February 1964, and believe it or not... it's still being waged..."''
-->-- '''Lieutenant Anderson''', ''VideoGame/IronStorm''

->''"Spinning your wheels in a lake of shit" is as good a metaphor for the war in Afghanistan as I can give. Maybe they'll issue us snorkels on the next tour.''
-->-- '''{{Website/Cracked}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20823_6-things-you-learn-detonating-roadside-bombs-living.html "6 Things You Learn Detonating Roadside Bombs For A Living"]]

->''And these wars, they can't be won\\
Does anyone know -- or care -- how they begun?\\
They just promise to go on\\
And on and on\\
But soon we will see\\
There can [[LargeHam BE OOOOONLY OOOOOOOONE]]''
-->-- '''Music/{{Muse}}''', "United States of Eurasia"

->''"It doesn't matter who wins here. Our fight will continue. The loser will be liberated from the battlefield, and the winner will remain. And the survivor will live out the rest of his days as a soldier."''
-->-- '''Big Boss''', ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake''

->''"The one who survives will inherit the title of Boss. And the one who inherits the title of Boss will face an existence of endless battle."''
-->-- '''The Boss''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3''

->''"[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture In the not too distant future]]... on a tired battlefield... war has become routine."''
-->-- ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots''

->'''Thrax''': And when the war is over? What will we do then?\\
'''Sharos''': For us, the war will never be over.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad''

->''"I met your people a long time ago. And some time off yet. I can tell you that the Sontaran Empire is going to be around for another ten thousand years. Unfortunately, there will still be no end to your war with the Rutan Host... but knowing Sontarans, that's probably the way you like it, isn't it?"''
-->-- '''Sarah-Jane Smith''', ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures''

->"But there's always been a war! That's like saying there's no more '''blue''' or—or the '''weather's''' stopped!"
-->-- '''Fulcrum''', ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''

->''"For forty years, I've been at sea. [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar A war at sea, a war with no battles, no monuments, only casualties]]. [[Literature/MobyDick I widowed her the day I married her]]. [[TheLostLenore My wife died while I was at sea]]."''
-->-- '''Capt. Marko Ramius''', ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''

->''"In accordance to the principles of Doublethink, it does not matter if the war is not real, or when it is, that victory is not possible. The war is not meant to be won. It is meant to be continuous. The essential act of modern warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labor. A hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. In principle, the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects. And its object is not victory over Eurasia or Eastasia, but to keep the very structure of society intact."''
-->--'''Emmanuel Goldstein''', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''

->''When the war is over, if he survives the serum, they'll still put him, and men like him, to use. He sees it now, the map with all the battle lines drawn, where all the points of friction are. They're the borders that cross Africa and Asia, drawn in London and Paris by men who'd never seen those places. The current alliance is temporary and there will be a fight for the spoils of war should they win. It's happened before, and it will happen again.''
-->--'''Michael Carter''', ''Fanfic/SixesAndSevens''

->'''Thrax''': And when the war is over? What will we do then?
->'''Sharos''': For us, the war will never be over.

-->--'''Fulcrum''', ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''

-->'''Fulcrum''', ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''

->-- ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad''

->''And these wars, they can't be won''
->''Does anyone know - or care - how they begun?''
->''They just promise to go on''
->''And on and on''
->''But soon we will see''
->''There can [[LargeHam BE OOOOONLY OOOOOOOONE]]''

->-- ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''

->''The battlefield of Gorgath is ever-changing, filled with the ruins of fortresses and of cities raised only so they can fall again to siege. Here is a weapon of fiendish design, brought low by spears and flint arrowheads! There are cavalry in their finery, cut apart by bullets, and scorched by mechanical flame. There can be no tac­tic for victory, for Gorgath despises victory, and its battlefields deform to deny any ruse, no matter how brilliant. Only blood lust and hatred can win the day at Gorgath, and then only until the next day, when a new war blooms among the corpse strewn plains.''

->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Poison Sky"

->'''Doctor:''' The war between the Sontarans and the Rutans. It's been raging, far out in the stars, for fifty thousand years. ''[[TimeAbyss Fifty thousand years]]'' of bloodshed, and for ''what?''

->''"I met your people a long time ago. [[TimeTravel And some time off yet.]] I can tell you that the Sontaran Empire is going to be around for another ten thousand years. Unfortunately, there will still be no end to your war with the Rutan Host... but knowing Sontarans, that's probably the way you like it, isn't it?"''

->'''Depa:''' "Mace, the [[FantasticRacism Summertime War]] isn't something that can be resolved in weeks -- or months --"
->'''Mace Windu:''' "I know that. I don't have weeks or months to spare. The Summertime War won't last that long."
->'''Depa:''' "What? How can you say that? How long do you ''think'' it will last?"
->'''Mace Windu:''' "My best guess? [[BadassBoast About twelve hours. Maybe less.]]"
-->-- ''Literature/{{Shatterpoint}}''

-->'''Fulcrum''', ''Comic/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''

->''"I met your people a long time ago. [[TimeTravel And some time off yet.]] I can tell you that the Sontaran Empire is going to be around for another ten thousand years. Unfortunately, there will still be no end to your war with the Rutan Host. But knowing Sontarans, that's probably the way you like it, isn't it?"''

-->-- '''The Major''', ''{{Hellsing}}'' OVA #3

->''"In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war."'

->''"For forty years, I've been at sea. [[UsefulNotes/TheColdWar A war at sea, a war with no battles, no monuments, only casualties]]. [[Literature/MobyDick I widowed her the day I married her]]. [[TheLostLenore My wife died while I was at sea]]."''

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