War Quotes

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully.

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.

The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war.

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash.

The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it.

Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.

To win this war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern.

Remember, God provides the best camouflage several hours out of every 24.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.