No War Quotes
We need a commander in chief not a professor of law standing at a lectern - the lectern.
New terms used like, 'overseas contingency operation' instead of the word 'war' - that reflects a worldview that is out of touch with the enemy that we face. We can't spin our way out of this threat.
That we have collectively failed to halt and repudiate the war in Iraq makes us even worse than the Germans.
We say that we care about the war, but we don't even really know what we're fighting for.
I’ve stopped war reporting. I realized that I’d answered all of my questions about war and about myself.
I feel like war should occur only for the most vital and necessary reasons, and only then.
And wonder, dread and war have lingered in that land where loss and love in turn have held the upper hand.
A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.
Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.
War forgets peace. Peace forgives war. War is the death of the life human. Peace is the birth of the Life Divine. Our vital passions want war. Our psychic emotions desire peace.
God has a hard-on for a Marine because we kill everything we see. He plays His game, we play ours.
One reason the United States finds itself at the edge of a foreign policy disaster is its underinformed citizenry, a key weakness in democracy.
We always make the mistake, the fatal mistake in the case of military people, of imagining that each war will be a kind of version of the one that happened previously.
Jump blind and you might find yourself on the rim of a raging volcano, or smack in the middle of a battlefield during a savage war, or on a swiftly tilting ice floe in a tempest-tossed sea.
I have fallen in love with American names, The sharp names that never get fat, The snakeskin-titles of mining-claims, The plumed war-bonnet of Medicine Hat, Tucson and Deadwood and Lost Mule Flat.
If I were running Apple, I would milk the Macintosh for all it's worth - and get busy on the next great thing. The PC wars are over. Done. Microsoft won a long time ago.
Women don't go to war to kill other women. Wars and armies and nuclear weapons are essentially heterosexual hobbies.
'Capitalism' is a dirty word for many intellectuals, but there are a number of studies showing that open economies and free trade are negatively correlated with genocide and war.
I've spent too many years at war with myself, the doctor has told me it's not good for my health.
The military has no constant form, just as water has no constant shape - adapt as you face the enemy, without letting them know beforehand what you are going to do.
There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
As water shapes its flow in accordance with the ground, so an army manages its victory in accordance with the situation of the enemy.
Hence the experienced soldier, once in motion, is never bewildered; once he has broken camp, he is never at a loss.
Appraise war in terms of the fundamental factors. The first of these factors is moral influence.
If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not follow him, but retreat and try to entice him away.
Should the enemy forestall you in occupying a pass, do not go after him if the pass is fully garrisoned, but only if it is weakly garrisoned.
If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak. If the banners and flags are shifted about, sedition is afoot. If the officers are angry, it means that the men are weary.
Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.
If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is not easy to provoke a battle, and fighting will be to your disadvantage.
At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to oppose you.
When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory.
To perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful. Everyone calls victory in battle good, but it is not really good.
Place your army in deadly peril, and it will survive; plunge it into desperate straits, and it will come off in safety.
Carefully study the well-being of your men, and do not overtax them. Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. Keep your army continually on the move, and devise unfathomable plans.
Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation.
Thus, though I have heard of successful military operations that were clumsy but swift, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays.
He must be able to mystify his officers and men by false reports and appearances, and thus keep them in total ignorance.