Quotes About War

Something as radical as a war can only be understood (if at all) through the collaboration of journalists, academia, artists and, of course, people.

Implements of war and subjugation are the last arguments to which kings resort.

War's Legitimate Object Is More Perfect Peace.

I want peace, and believe it can only be reached through union and war, and I will ever conduct war with a view to perfect an early success.

More Irishmen died fighting for Britain in World War I than died fighting against her in all of Ireland's bids for independence combined.

So-called "progressives" actively wage war on progress. . . . Ultimately, progressives are at war with mass prosperity.

Please give reason. Raised taxes; marching us off to war again; approved more NSA snooping. WHO ARE THEY?!

Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That's one reason old men can send them to war.

From the Book of Mormon we learn how disciples of Christ live in times of war.

Peace for any prolonged period of time is impossible. Humans have a natural thirst for chaos and war is the most readily available form of chaos.

Not just personal unhappiness but all strife in life, including war, is the result of an over-emphasis on temporary things; money, power and material possession

Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time, for a particular purpose or goal. They fought not for the sake of fighting but for the sake of winning.

Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the custom, to spare the conquered, and to wage war until the haughty are brought low.

A great country ought not to make little wars.

Why should you ask blood be spilled for a cause that is not in the interest of the American people?

The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their wars; it is also defined by the evolution of the human mind and the development of the human consciousness.

We are the only nation in the world that waits till we get into a war before we start getting ready for it.

The allure of military life and its heroic promise seem indestructible, but nothing threatens the romance of war more effectively than war itself.

Undoubtedly the war with Iraq was a tragedy. I think it was also a crime.

We've lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars.

My father fought in World War I and single-handedly destroyed the Germans' line of communication. He ate their pigeon.

The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation.

I love hanging and drawing and quartering Every bit as well as war and slaughtering.

A new poll showed that 66% of Americans think President Bush is doing a poor job handling the war in Iraq and the remaining 34% think that Adam and Eve rode dinosaurs to church.