“Wars are Spinach. Life in general is the tough part.”

— Ernest Hemingway

Letter to http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1547504/Hemingway-and-Dietrich-letters.html?service=print Marlene Dietrich (27 June 1950)
Context: Wars are Spinach. Life in general is the tough part. In war all you have to do is not worry and know how to read a map and co-ordinates.

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American author and journalist 1899–1961

Alan Axelrod (1952) American historian

Alan Axelrod: Patton On Leadership, p. xi.
Context: He (Patton) was tough. War is tough. Leaders have to be tough. He drove his army hard, yes, and he made many enemies among colleagues and subordinates, but he also produced results. He was indeed arrogant, but sometimes a good leader has to be larger than life. … But the fact is: again typically, Patton's admirers are no more specific in their praise than are his disparagers in their criticism.

“But I respectfully suggest, Major, that the responsibility is slightly above your pay grade, to decide whether to take the nation to war alone, or to take the nation to war part way, or to take the Nation to work half-way. That is a real tough decision.”

Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)

To Scott Ritter, in hearings about the disarmament process, before the Senate Committee on Armed Services (September 1998), quoted in * 2020-01-07 Joe Biden, five years before invasion, said the only way of disarming Iraq is "taking Saddam down" Ryan Grim The Intercept https://theintercept.com/2020/01/07/joe-biden-iraq-war-history/
1990s

“Nothing will wilt spinach like an Egyptian fart.”

Bill Allred

Radio From Hell (September 14, 2006)

“Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war.”

John McCain (1936–2018) politician from the United States

Campaign ad, quoted in Newsweek (23 June 2008), p. 21
2000s, 2008

“[The War on Terror is] not a war we started, it's a war we must finish, and it's tough when your enemies are psychopaths and your allies are the French”

Tom Tancredo (1945) American politician

“"It's broccoli, dear."
"I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it."”

E. B. White (1899–1985) American writer

Caption for a cartoon by Carl Rose in The New Yorker (8 December 1928)

“Life is tough, then you die.”

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

“I want to lead Canada. All of Canada, not just parts of Canada. ... I am not going to write off certain parts of the country just because we had a tough past 10 years. Or, tough past 100 years.”

Justin Trudeau (1971) 23rd Prime Minister of Canada; eldest son of Pierre Trudeau

Statement in Calgary, Alberta, a region where the Liberals have long struggled https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_alienation to gain electoral foothold, on the province's Heritage Day holiday, August 3, 2015. As quoted in Macleans https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/exorcising-the-ghost-of-trudeau-past/ discussing the subject of the lingering influence of the Trudeau name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Energy_Program in Western Canada.

“Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid. ”

John Wayne (1907–1979) American film actor

“If you have questions about this salad, give your server the spinach inquisition.”

Scott Adams (1957) cartoonist, writer

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