Quotes about war
war ends please
Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please. Niccolo Machiavelli
war enemy matter
Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies by stratagem is as much to be praised as he who overcomes them by force.
war quality unnecessary
Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them.
war order should
One should never permit a disorder to persist in order to avoid a war, for wars cannot be avoided and can only be deferred to the advantage of others.
war thieves
War brings out thieves and peace hangs them.
war philosophical arms
War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
war uprising errors
Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
war evil able
So far as he is able, a prince should stick to the path of good but, if the necessity arises, he should know how to follow evil.
war risk should
One should never risk one's whole fortune unless supported by one's entire forces.
war victory troops
To ensure victory the troops must have confidence in themselves as well as in their commanders.
war soldier gold
The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers.
war army order
Good order and discipline in any army are to be depended upon more than courage alone.
war people affection
The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people.
war thieves vicious
He who makes war his profession cannot be otherwise than vicious. War makes thieves, and peace brings them to the gallows.
war prophet unarmed
Hence it happened that all the armed prophets conquered, all the unarmed perished. [It., Di qui nacque che tutti li profeti armati vincero, e li disarmati rovinarono.]
war soldier gold
The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers; for gold alone will not procure good soldiers, but good soldiers will always procure gold.
war men political
Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
war evil causes
Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.
war taken promise
The princes who have done great things are the ones who have taken little account of their promises.
war support promise
If the Americans do not want to support us anymore, let them go, get out! Let them forget their humanitarian promises!
war long people
Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over. Nevil Shute
war government support
In the event of any action which clearly threatened Polish independence and which the Polish Government accordingly considered it vital to resist with their national forces, His Majesty's Government would feel themselves bound at once to lend the Polish Government all support in their power. They have given the Polish Government an assurance to this effect. I may add that the French Government have authorized me to make it plain that they stand in the same position in this matter. Neville Chamberlain
war mean trying
We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will.
war history may
In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.
war believe world
I believe it is peace in our time.
war thinking israel
We've had an invented Palestinian people, who are in fact Arabs, and were historically part of the Arab community. And they had a chance to go many places. And for a variety of political reasons we have sustained this war against Israel now since the 1940's, and I think it's tragic, Newt Gingrich
war believe book
Book cover, 'Reefer Club' Totalitarianism is when people believe they can punish their way to perfection.
war winning cities
Being Americans, we prosecute wars to win them, not to have reasonable response, not to have appropriate levels of retaliation. Our theory is you start bombing our cities; we're going to defeat you and make it impossible.
war agency oil
We should end the Environmental Protection Agency's war against American oil and gas.
war iraq people
Even if Iraq IS a civil war, people have won civil wars.
war political politics
Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.
war roots our-society
The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives -- the way we develop our industries, build up our society, and consume goods. Nhat Hanh
war too-late preventing
Preventing war is much better than protesting against the war. Protesting the war is too late.