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Joseph Heller quotes about war
History did not demand Yossarian’s premature demise, justice could be satisfied without it, progress did not hinge upon it, victory did not depend on it. That men would die was a matter of necessity; WHICH men would die, though, was a matter of circumstance, and Yossarian was willing to be the victim of anything but circumstance. But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
— Joseph Heller, Catch-22
The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
— Joseph Heller, Catch-22
It doesn’t make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who’s dead.
— Joseph Heller, Catch-22
The enemy, ” retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, “is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he’s on, and that includes Colonel Cathcart. And don’t you forget that, because the longer you remember it, the longer you might live.
— Joseph Heller, Catch-22
Major Major never sees anyone in his office while he’s in his office.
— Joseph Heller, Catch-22
-You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You’re dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!
— Joseph Heller, Catch-22
Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
— Joseph Heller, Catch-22
He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt…
— Joseph Heller, Catch-22
That men would die was a matter of necessity; which men would die, though, was a matter of circumstance, and Yossarian was willing to be the victim of anything but circumstance.
— Joseph Heller
All through the night, men looked at the sky and were saddened by the stars.
— Joseph Heller, Catch-22
General Peckem even recommends that we send our men into combat in full-dress uniform so they’ll make a good impression on the enemy when they’re shot down”.
— Joseph Heller, Joseph Heller’s Catch-22
Frankly I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
— Joseph Heller
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