Famous War Quotes
War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.
To secure peace is to prepare for war.
Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost assets for the state and individuals. They frequently overlook the most serious loss that Germany suffered.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace.
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars – yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.
A war between Europeans is a civil war.
What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
Alfred Nobel’s discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of the great criminals who lead peoples to war.
