No War Quotes

I will not play at tug o' war, I'd rather play at hug o' war

And Louis Freeh was a completely dysfunctional FBI Director, who was actually waging his own private war against the Clinton Administration.

War determines not who is right but who is left.

All men are brothers. Hence war.

I am against all war.

A mind at peace does not engender wars.

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.

War is a dangerous teacher and physical victory leads often to a moral defeat.

War was then no longer this noble and unified outburst of souls in love with glory that he had imagined from Napoleon's proclamations.

Why would we go to war on women? They don't have any oil.

Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England.

On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction.

Later the Administration wanted me to actually sell all remaining surplus by running the War Assets Corporation. I said I couldn't do it without some shoe leather.

I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win.

I know the established Christian theology... I know the enemy, but the enemy doesn't know me. Thus the enemy has already lost the war.

He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be captured by them.

It is the business of a general to be quiet and thus ensure secrecy; upright and just, and thus maintain order.

Perfection in war lies in so sapping your opponents will that he surrenders without fighting.

The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds.

In war, practice dissimulation and you will succeed.

It is the business of a general to be serene and inscrutable, impartial and self-controlled.

Know the enemy, know yourself; your victory will never be endangered. Know the ground, know the weather; your victory will then be total.

Fierce language and pretentious advances are signs that the enemy is about to retreat.

If we know that the enemy is open to attack, but are unaware that our own men are not in a condition to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.

If not in the interests of the state, do not act. If you cannot succeed, do not use troops. If you are not in danger, do not fight.

Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision.

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.

To capture an enemies army is better than to destroy it.

If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler's bidding.

If an enemy has alliances, the problem is grave and the enemy's position strong; if he has no alliances, the problem is minor and the enemy's position weak.

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.

With regard to narrow passes, if you can occupy them first, let them be strongly garrisoned and await the advent of the enemy.

Spies are a most important element in water, because on them depends an army's ability to move.

Generally in war the best policy is to take a state intact; to ruin it is inferior to this.

Now a soldier's spirit is keenest in the morning; by noonday it has begun to flag; and in the evening, his mind is only on returning to camp.

Bestow rewards without regard to rule, issue orders without regard to previous arrangements; and you will be able to handle a whole army as though you had to do with but a single man.

It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two.

Rapidity is the essence of war.

Whichever country you are, if you lose games you are criticised. It's only when it's England it's like a new world war.

Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds

War is like a fire. One man may start it, but it will spread all over. It is not about any one thing in particular.

I don't know about you, but where I went to school, Money Management 101 wasn't offered. Instead we learned about the War of 1812, which of course is something I use every single day.

Justice itself tends to be corrupted by political passion.

We took up our positions, in obedience to instructions.

Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.

I simply write what I want, wish, long to write.... The state of human life and the god or demon within. The constant internal war that being alive can conjure.

War is good when good survives and evil is crushed. If you don't crush evil then evil will get you.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign... Secondly, a just cause... Thirdly... a rightful intention.

War has a deeper and more ineffable relation to hidden grandeurs in man than has yet been deciphered.