91 result(s) for Famous War Quotes.
"In war, there is no substitute for victory."
"It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it."
"All war is based on deception."
"You can no more win a War than you can win an earthquake."
"War is life multiplied by some number that no one has yet been able to fathom."
"The soldiers won the war, but the politicians get the credit."
"What is a soldier? It is a man who leaves his home and loved ones behind to be killed."
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"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief."
"The laws of war are not dictated by that which is in the best interest of humanity; they are dictated by the need for survival."
"Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is the presence of justice."
"The deadliest weapon in the world is a poet."
"When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die."
"In war, there is no prize for the runner-up."
"The first casualty when war comes is truth."
"Wars are not won by evacuations."
"In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one."
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
"It is easier to make war than to make peace."
"Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime."
"There is no such thing as an innocent bystander."
"What is past is prologue."
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"The greatest weapon against an enemy is another enemy."
"War always brings with it a great burden of suffering and hardship."
"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself."
"War is a series of catastrophes that produces a lot of living heroes."
"To have good soldiers, you must also be a good general."
"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on."
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
"War does not determine who is right — only who is left."
"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it."
"In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons."
"War is a terrible thing, but it is an honorable thing."
"The first casualty of war is truth."
"In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor."
"There is no glory in war, only suffering."
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"War makes thieves and peace makes us honest."
"The hard part is gonna be having to live with the consequences of the things we've done."
"The only way to win a world war is to end it before it starts."
"War is the continuation of politics by other means."
"There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy."
"War is like love; it always finds a way."
"All is fair in love and war."
"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it."
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend."
"In war, there are no unwounded soldiers."
"Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die."
"The greatest tragedy of the battlefield is that it brings into the market place the things that are valuable beyond price."
"There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare."
"All warfare is based on deception."
"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war."
"In modern war, there are no victors; only victims."
"Only the dead have seen the end of war."
"War is merely the continuation of politics by other means."
"Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind."
"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it."
"The wicked are deeper than the war."
"A nation that forgets its past has no future."
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
"In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times."
"The best way to win in battle is to avoid it."
"Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men."
"A peace treaty is not the end of a war; it is the beginning of the next one."
"The hardest thing about being a soldier is that you often don't know when you have won."
"The most effective weapon is the human soul on fire."
"The old saying 'A battle won is a battle half lost' is often wrong. A battle lost is often a chance more to win."
"In war, there is no prize for the second place."
"War is hell."
"The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind."
"The greatest victory is that which requires no battle."
"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."
"Old soldiers never die; they just fade away."
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon."
"Victory usually goes to those who have a stronghold, whether it is spiritual, moral or material."
"War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace."
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
"In war, truth is the first casualty."
"Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means."
"War does not determine who is right - only who is left."
"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 not clothed."
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."
"There is no glory in war. It is a lost cause."
"If we don't end war, war will end us."
"War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory."
"It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace."
"We make war that we may live in peace."
"The first casualty of war is innocence."
"War is simply the continuation of politics by other means."
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."
"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
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