War is not a pathology that, with proper hygiene and treatment, can be wholly prevented. War is a natural condition of the State, which was organized…

- Philip Bobbitt

Wars are like deaths, which, while they can be postponed, will come when they will come and cannot be finally avoided.

- Philip Bobbitt

All life is an experiment. Every important decision is taken with inadequate knowledge by imperfect men and women whom the future will confound. Yet …

- Philip Bobbitt

A state that privatizes most of its functions will inevitably defend itself by employing its own people as mercenaries

- Philip Bobbitt