Katczinsky: “At the next war let all the Kaisers, presidents and generals and diplomats go into a big field and fight it out first among themselves.”

Bäumer: “We live in the trenches out there.  We fight; we try not to be killed, but sometimes we are.  That’s all.”

Tjaden: “Me and the Kaiser, we are both fighting – the only difference is the Kaiser isn't here.”