Famous War Quotes
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
To secure peace is to prepare for war.
Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
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.
The war? I can't find it too terrible! The death of one man: that is a catastrophe. One hundred thousand deaths: that is a statistic!
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
All is fair in love and war.
Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other.
Jaw jaw is better than war war.
War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.
I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
A war between Europeans is a civil war.
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.
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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.