No War Quotes
The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.
But in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside the enemy.
The inevitableness the idealism and the blessing of war as an indispensable and stimulating law of development must be repeatedly emphasized.
Great Britain was going to make war on a kindred nation who desired nothing better than to be friends with her.
(The great questions of the day) are not decided by speeches and majority votes but by blood and iron.
What distinguishes war is not that man is slain but that he is slain spoiled crushed by the cruelty the injustice the treachery the murderous hand of man.
To arms! to arms! ye brave! The avenging sword unsheathe March on! march on! all hearts resolved On victory or death!
Ez for war I call it murder - There you hev it plain and flat I don't want to go no furder Than my Testyment for that.
And this I hate - not men nor flag nor race But only War with its wild grinning face.
When after many battles past Both tir'd with blows make peace at last What is it after all the people get? Why! taxes widows wooden legs and debt.
Among the privileges of being a superpower, the right and the ability to make a local quarrel into a global one ranks very high.
We are at war. War is not on battlefield. It is in boardrooms of companies that control your United States of America.
A number I'd love to know: the % of those now saying 'we have to vote Obama to stop an attack on Iran' who will support one if Obama does it.
For a once renowned woman who loved telling tales of dodging bullets, wielding grenades and subverting dogs trained to kill, Christine's story is, surprisingly, little known today.
The accounting of the sacrifice is, more than anything else, the attitude toward war memorials in our time.
Only one thing can conquer war - that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation.
Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.
'War on Everyone, ' I think... the script was hilarious to me, but it's very dark, dark humor. It's super dark.
The most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor.
Ever since World War I, superior force is no longer measured in terms of men or horses, but in the means to wreak destruction.
The only thing that kept the Cold War cold was the mutual deterrence afforded by nuclear weapons.
'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.
In Britain and Europe, no event is less forgotten than World War I, or 'The Great War, ' as it was called until 1939.
Cyber attacks are not what makes the cool war 'cool.' As a strategic matter, they do not differ fundamentally from older tools of espionage and sabotage.
Even as a little kid, I was fascinated by newspapers and magazines. They were my TV. I'd be the first one up to grab the morning paper, mainly to look at the sports pictures, the war pictures.
'The war in Iraq - if Osama was a Christian - it's the Christmas present he never would have expected.
Most people are remarkably resilient. Even those who have been through war or great loss often find reservoirs of strength. But the legacy of trauma is a heavy burden to bear.
The U.S. military is not war weary. Our military draws strength from confronting our enemies when clear policy objectives are set and we are fully resourced for the fight.