Quotes about war
war virtue crime
To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues. Sun Tzu
war moving enemy
Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.
war bridges opponents
Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
warrior winning bravery
Therefore the victories of good warriors are not noted for cleverness or bravery. Therefore their victories in battle are not flukes. Their victories are not flukes because they position themselves where they will surely win, prevailing over those wh.
war fate enemy
Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate.
war mean law
Those who excel in war first cultivate their own humanity and and maintain their laws and institutions. By these means they make their governments invincible.
war army leader
A leader leads by example not by force.
war order soldier
If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their officers.
war victory engagement
In conflict, straightforward actions generally lead to engagement, surprising actions generally lead to victory.
war doubt needs
Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared.
war order weakness
Order or disorder depends on organisation; courage or cowardice on circumstances; strength or weakness on dispositions.
war eye moon
To perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful... It does not take much strength to lift a hair, it does not take sharp eyes to see the sun and moon, it does not take sharp ears to hear the thunderclap.
war art-of-war enemy
To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
war enemy ignorant
If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
war enemy wish
If I wish to engage, then the enemy, for all his high ramparts and deep moat, cannot avoid engagement; I attack that which he is obliged to rescue.
war fighting winning
He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
war army objectives
The true objective of war is peace.
war effort national-security
The War on Terror is one of the most critical national security efforts in our history. Sue Kelly
war distance fighting
We fight wars from progressively great heights and distances, the blessings of technology steadily removing the personal human element from what was historically an extremely personal experience. Steven Weber
war games missing
We have as a nation been duped by those who use our guilt about how we treated the innocent pawns in the Vietnam War game - the soldiers - into missing the point once again about the utter senselessness that is war.
war wells
He who did well in war just earns the right, To begin doing well in peace. Robert Browning
war mouths never-quit
With the war and everything that's going on, unless you're Susan Sarandon, the best route is to keep your mouth shut. For me it is, anyway! Robbie Williams
war mean thinking
I think that nonviolence is one way of saying that there are other ways to solve problems, not only through weapons and war. Nonviolence also means the recognition that the person on one side of the trench and the person on the other side of the trench are both human beings, with the same faculties. At some point they have to begin to understand one another. Rigoberta Menchu
war drama mean
It's great when you can bait and switch people - and I don't mean that in a negative way, I mean that in truth. If we were advertising this movie as a very serious indictment about the hunt for war criminals, and it's a very dark drama, it would probably get great reviews, but people would stay away from it because no one wants to be lectured. Richard Shepard
war years europe
When you see what goes on in Iraq on a daily basis - more people dying in car bombings - you almost brush it aside after a while. To actually comprehend the human tragedy of these events is overwhelming. We see so many images, but there's always the sense, for Americans, that it's not in our backyard. That's another reason why the war in Bosnia was so fascinating; because it really was in Europe's backyard. It was in Europe. And they didn't do anything about it for years. It took the Americans to end that war, really. That's a shame.
war commitment fighting
I share the Presidents commitment to fighting and winning the war on terrorism. Richard Shelby
war long enemy
My point was simply that the war on global terrorism is going to be a long one, and we need to adapt as our enemy adapts. Richard Myers
war media vietnam
I felt just overwhelmed by input: the Vietnam War and the collapse of the '60s and the proliferation of media' it just felt like everything was too much to handle and you just tuned out. Richard Hell
war believe writing
Tolkien was, I believe, writing about his experience in the First and Second World Wars, where he would have spent a lot of time without any female contact. He was part of the fellowship of men who went to war, and I think, really, that's what he's writing about. Richard Armitage
war mass-destruction iraq
Well, first of all, I have to say that Iraq has already used weapons of mass destruction against her own people and against Iranians during their long war, so we know that weapons of mass destruction are existent with the Iraqis.
war fighting men
When I was a young man, I was poor. In a war with other nations, I was in eighty-seven fights. There I received my name and was made Chief of my nation. But now I am old and am for peace. Red Cloud
war president vietnam
I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there. Sammy Davis, Jr.
war people culture
My experience of living with people of diverse religions and cultures taught me that one will never be at peace with the other if one is at war with oneself. Tariq Ramadan