Quotes About Warfare

The enemy must be annihilated before he reaches our main battlefield. We must stop him in the water, destroying all his equipment while it is still afloat!

Making bombs will only destroy us. It doesn't matter whether we use them or not. They will destroy us either way.

All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys.

He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.

No-man's land under snow is like the face of the moon: chaotic, crater ridden, uninhabitable, awful, the abode of madness.

In war there is but one favorable moment; the great art is to seize it!

Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots.

What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.

In conflict, straightforward actions generally lead to engagement, surprising actions generally lead to victory.

When our new armies are ready it seems folly to send them to Flanders, where they will chew barbed wire, or be wasted in futile frontal attacks.

In making war with nature, there was risk of loss in winning.

The good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy.

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

God is always with the strongest battalions.

War is nothing but organized murder.

History has shown that at least one-half of every century is consumed in war.

One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.

Revolutionary war is an antitoxin which not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth.

Major, send a shell first over their heads and let them get in their holes before you open with all your guns.

A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.

It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends 500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only 53 annually on the victims of poverty.

Guns don't win wars; guns and bombs may kill a man but they cannot make him follow their lead, nor will they ever coerce an unyielding man to yield.

Wars are to be won with swords and spears, not with rice and salt.

Furthermore, they had calculated that if 25,000 of them died for every one of us, they would finish with us first, for they were many and we were but few.