Quotes about war
war people nine
Nine out of ten significant people have to do with money or war! Jonathan Safran Foer
war animal choices
If we are not given the option to live without violence, we are given the choice to center our meals around harvest or slaughter, husbandry or war. We have chosen slaughter. We have chosen war. That's the truest version of our story of eating animals. Can we tell a new story?
war years earthquakes
The current situation of the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear plants is in a way the most severe crisis in the 65 years since World War II. Naoto Kan
war feet empowering
The ultimate objective of subsidies should be to empower the poor, to break the cycle of poverty, and become foot-soldiers in our war on poverty. Narendra Modi
warrior independence empowerment
The mantra of independence was Satyagraha. And the warriors were Satyagrahis. The mantra of New Age India must be Swachhagrah. And the warriors will be Swachhagrahis.
war winning poverty
Through a policy driven approach we have wage a war against poverty and we are confident we will win this war.
war men desire
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man. Napoleon Hill
war tactics way
In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything. Napoleon Bonaparte
war fate fighting
The fate of a battle is the result of a moment, of a thought: the hostile forces advance with various combinations, they attack each other and fight for a certain time; the critical moment arrives, a mental flash decides, and the least reserve accomplishes the object.
war soldier revolution
Revolutions are good times for soldiers of talent and courage.
war battle elements
In war, the moral element and public opinion are half the battle.
war judging talent
In war, the general alone can judge of certain arrangements. It depends on him alone to conquer difficulties by his own superior talents and resolution.
war fighting battle
When you have resolved to fight a battle, collect your whole force. Dispense with nothing. A single battalion sometimes decides the day.
war communication risk
When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary of superior talent, for if you are beaten, even in the midst of your magazines and your communications, woe to the vanquished!
war tired men
Men soon get tired of shedding their blood for the advantage of a few individuals, who think they amply reward the soldiers perils with the treasures they amass.
war fate may
The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress.
war soldier emperor
An Emperor confides in national soldiers, not in mercenaries.
war unity might
Unity of command is essential to the economy of time. Warfare in the field was like a siege: by directing all one's force to a single point a breach might be made, and the equilibrium of opposition destroyed.
war order awful
War must be made as intense and awful as possible in order to make it short, and thus to diminish its horrors.
war government matter
War is like government, a matter of tact.
war troops needs
The worse the troops the greater the need of artillery.
war parcel inspectors
My generals are a parcel of post inspectors.
war enemy march
I have destroyed the enemy merely by marches.
war battle artillery
Great battles are won with artillery.
war next-day troops
Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten.
war army doomed
An army which cannot be regularly recruited is a doomed army.
war issues giving
Sometimes a single battle decides everything and sometimes, too, the slightest circumstance decides the issue of a battle. There is a moment in every battle at which the least manoeuvre is decisive and gives superiority, as one drop of water causes overflow.
war army enemy
The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on war at the expense of the enemy territory.
war victory gains
The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.
war two
One bad general is worth two good ones.
war three moral
In war, moral factors acount for three quarters of the whole; relative material strength accounts for only one quarter.
war mistake two
It should not be believed that a march of three or four days in the wrong direction can be corrected by a countermarch. As a rule, this is to make two mistakes instead of one.
war way ifs
If you wage war, do it energetically and with severity. This is the only way to make it shorter and consequently less inhuman.