Quotes on War

A great country cannot wage a little war.

Here lies one whose name was writ in water.

Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.

To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better than to destroy them. For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the supreme of excellence. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence.

We prefer war in all cases to tribute under any form and to any people whatever.

Prudence approaches, conscience accuses.

As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.

In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.

Every post is honourable in which a man can serve his country.

To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.

There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.

To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.

Close combat, man to man, is plainly to be regarded as the real basis of combat.

The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness.

Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.

Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.

War is not the best way of settling differences; it is the only way of preventing their being settled for you.

Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons.

But inwardly we are as corrupt as the person who sits in an office and plans war-because, we want to be somebody in the family, in a group, in society, in the nation.