Quotes About Warfare

A country that publicly threatens to completely destroy another nation should not be surprised when a preemptive surprise attack occurs from that nation and their allies.

Bombs and bullets don't discriminate.

History is full of examples of slaughter and victory.

War without end. Well, what was history without that? And how would having the stars change anything?

That's my secret and my shame. I'm Nona Grey, war is in my veins, and the screams of my enemies are music to me.

Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone.

Your people sell the weapons. My people use them.

...Chief without soldiers is just a very lonely man in a big bloody field

Nobody returned alive from the war.

As long as the forest stood the Tchetchens were unconquerable... and it is literally the fact that they were beaten in the long run not by the sword but by the axe.

This is the first rule of the last war:Trust No One

That youthful enthusiasm for the Resistance was killed off quick in new recruits, if they were not killed off first.

A phased decision can avoid there being a key moment when the moral issue about killing civilians has to be confronted.

Refusal to engage in spiritual warfare does not exempt you from being among the next casualties of war

If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground.

As a sea is full of drops of liquid, I was but one in the ocean of WarMany are swept ruthlessly into the battering, bashing waves, and only few survive to swim to shore

If sheer strength is your only contribution to war, you will ultimately be defeated.

Now comes the reign of iron — and cased sloops are to take the place of wooden ships.

You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.

When an invading force crosses a river in its onward march, do not advance to meet it in mid-stream. It will be best to let half the army get across, and then deliver your attack.

These military devices, leading to victory, must not be divulged beforehand.

So long as victory can be attained, stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.

A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return.

Whoever has the sword will have the earth.