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Ezra Pound Quotes About War

Quotes about: War
  • The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people.

    Ezra Pound (1970). “A Memoir of Gaudier-Brzeska”, p.140, New Directions Publishing
  • Wars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt.

    Ezra Pound (1978). “"Ezra Pound Speaking": Radio Speeches of World War II”, Greenwood Press
  • Wars are made to make debt.

    Ezra Pound (1978). “"Ezra Pound Speaking": Radio Speeches of World War II”, Greenwood Press
  • The man who fears war and squats opposing
    My words for stour, hath no blood of crimson
    But is fit only to rot in womanish peace

    Ezra Pound, Richard Sieburth (2010). “New Selected Poems and Translations”, p.11, New Directions Publishing

Ezra Pound

  • Born: October 30, 1885
  • Died: November 1, 1972
  • Occupation: Poet
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