No War Quotes
In time of revolution, with perseverance and courage, a soldier should think nothing impossible.
War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.
An army's effectiveness depends on its size, training, experience, and morale, and morale is worth more than any of the other factors combined.
The mind of a general ought to resemble and be as clear as the field-glass of a telescope.
There are certain things in war of which the commander alone comprehends the importance. Nothing but his superior firmness and ability can subdue and surmount all difficulties.
Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior artillery, it will become demoralized and will be destroyed.
Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.
Artillery is more essential to cavalry than to infantry, because cavalry has no fire for its defence, but depends on the sabre.
I see libraries and librarians as frontline soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination.
No prime minister in Britain will ever be able to go to war without the endorsement of a majority of the House of Commons.
I went to Vietnam; it was my first assignment as a reporter for the UPI, and I never could get away from the war.
War is a crime committed by men and, therefore, when enough people say it shall not be, it cannot be.
If the Americans do not want to support us anymore, let them go, get out! Let them forget their humanitarian promises!
In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.
And when neither their property nor honour is touched, the majority of men live content, and he has only to contend with the ambition of a few, whom he can curb with ease in many ways.
When men receive favours from someone they expected to do them ill, they are under a greater obligation to their benefactor.
The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers; for gold alone will not procure good soldiers, but good soldiers will always procure gold.
When they remain in garrison, soldiers are maintained with fear and punishment; when they are then led to war, with hope and reward.
A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought… but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands.
A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from snares, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves.
One should never risk one's whole fortune unless supported by one's entire forces.
Among other causes of misfortune which your not being armed brings upon you, it makes you despised.
The end of the republic is to enervate and to weaken all other bodies so as to increase its own body.
Without doubt, ferocious and disordered men are much weaker than timid and ordered ones. For order chases fear from men and disorder lessens ferocity.
I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.
I am a geek in terms of, I love 'Close Encounters' and I love 'Star Wars,' but other things... 'Doctor Who,' I don't really care about at all, I couldn't give a fig about it.
The war against terrorism should not be used to interfere with an independent, sovereign state.We need to identify concrete terrorist targets and do no harm to civilians.
The conquest of war and the pursuit of social justice... must become our grand preoccupation and magnificent obsession.
On the McLaughlin Report, August 26, 1990: 'There are only two groups that are beating the drums for war in the middle East, the Israeli Defense Ministry and its amen corner in the United States.
America cannot commit to go to war on behalf of 50 countries around the world because that is the formula that is one day going to break down and break out into war.
Who would benefit from a war of civilizations between the West and Islam? Answer: one nation, one leader, one party. Israel, Sharon, Likud.
Well, you know, they were - they were a terrorist group. They - when I was kidnapped they published all of their statements about their war that they declared on the United States.
I think Charles Manson was a hair's breath away from just being a terrorist. He wanted to start a war, too.
This war in Iraq is part of a larger effort to remove this terrorist threat from the planet.
The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally.
Long live all us crazy soldiers Who were born under calico skies May we never be called to handle All the weapons of war we despise
Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III.
