Quotes about War (Page 2)

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.

If you can't aim for peace, aim between the eyes.

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.

War swallowed gold like a pit in the earth.

It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war.

Starting a war drains both sides.

You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.

The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

Bombing for peace is like f-cking for virginity.