Famous War Quotes
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.
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.
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.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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.
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!
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.
Jaw jaw is better than war war.
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for 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.
To secure peace is to prepare for war.
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
A war between Europeans is a civil war.
