War Quotes

I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratifi…

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready…

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fi…

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.