Quotes about war
war battle artillery
Great battles are won with artillery. Napoleon Bonaparte
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.
war army effectiveness
An army's effectiveness depends on its size, training, experience, and morale, and morale is worth more than any of the other factors combined.
war taken mean
Every means should be taken to attach the soldier to his colours.
war data information
War is 90% information.
war inspire enemy
We should always go before our enemies with confidence, otherwise our apparent uneasiness inspires them with greater boldness.
war resources reprisal
Reprisals are but a sad resource.
war battle infantry
Charges of cavalry are equally useful at the beginning, the middle and the end of a battle. They should be made always, if possible, on the flanks of the infantry, especially when the latter is engaged in front.
war brave enemy
It is easier to brave and threaten, than to conquer an enemy.
war victory occupation
The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation.
war
Unavailable wars are always just.
war order overcoming
In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.
war destiny battle
The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.
war men he-man
In war it is not men, but the man who counts.
war risk nations
War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.
war power political
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
war debt terrorism
Terrorism, War & Bankruptcy are caused by the privatization of money, issued as a debt and compounded by interest.
war use lightning
Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.
war lasts sides
Providence is always on the side of the last reserve.
war barbarians trade
War,--the trade of barbarians!
war knowing talent
There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.
war coffee winning
The Imperial Service could win a war without coffee, but would prefer not to have to. Lois McMaster Bujold
war grandparent german-history
I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed all the old values and culture. My grandparents had been reasonably well-off but they became quite poor, living in an attic apartment. Lisel Mueller
war majors involved
The major wars that the U.S. became involved in are all ethically defensible. Liu Xiaobo
war
War is just to those to whom war is necessary. Livy