Quotes About Warfare

It's so rarely about military genius, who the greater tactician might be, who sat higher in his class at West Point. It's about mistakes, some of them unavoidable, some of them purely stupid. My job is to make fewer mistakes than the enemy

Fighting isn't all there is to the Art of War. The men who think that way, and are satisfied to have food to eat and a place to sleep, are mere vagabonds. A serious student is much more concerned with training his mind and disciplining his spirit than with developing martial skills.

A 'few chits'? Good God, man, I've never faced such odds," the captain admitted. "The French have the decency to shoot at you." Lord

He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze

Best stick to sword fighting, then I'd rather, really. But [Ian] says -- I know what [Ian] says. Everyone should learn every conceivable weapon and unarmed combat, in case you lose your axe, sword, dagger, pike, spear, mace, bow, crossbow...

Men drunk with ambition and power do not ground their weapons, nor stop to recognise the fellow-humanity of those they are about to slay.

Into the jaws of death,Into the mouth of hellRode the six hundred.

Half a league, half a league,Half a league onward,All in the valley of deathRode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,Cannon to left of them,Cannon in front of themVolley'd and thunder'd.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 2003

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Caesar described

I see that these people know nothing about war.

O Lord! If you give us victory, I shall see that no enemy warrior is left alive until their river runs with their blood!

I will give you three days, if the gates are not opened on these revised terms, I shall attack. And then there shall be no terms of any kind."

If the U.S. and its allies can invade a weaker country on the excuse it is abetting terrorism, then why should not India, say, launch a pre-emptive strike against Pakistan on the self-same grounds?

First of all, this whole idea of this one percent versus the 99 percent, it's a false statistic. There's nobody that is wealthy saying, let's go get the people that aren't. First of all, there's no versus. He's creating a false class warfare in a country where there is no class structure.

Democrats single out glaring examples of tax preferences or spending priorities that favor the wealthy and Republicans cry 'class warfare!'

My deal is have a flat, simple tax. And - Americans want - Americans I hope - aspire to be - be wealthy. I hope they aspire to have a better quality of life. And we have this class warfare that's going on now. And I don't agree with that. I'm interested in people getting to work.

We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun.

The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.

The engine of the tank is a weapon just as the main-gun.

A computer can process information and engage a weapon infinitely faster than a human soldier.

A state that calculates that using a weapon or tactic of war is in its interest will generally find a way to do so.