Quotes about war
war men quality
It is exceptional and difficult to find in one man all the qualities necessary for a great general. Napoleon Bonaparte
war army fighting
Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior artillery, it will become demoralized and will be destroyed.
war soldier battle
All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated.
war army starving
A starving army is actually worse than none.
war made artillery
It is with artillery that war is made.
war enemy allies
Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.
war brave soldier
It is not set speeches at the moment of battle that render soldiers brave.
war army simplicity
At the head of an army, nothing is more becoming than simplicity.
war simplest
In war the simplest manoeuvres are the best.
war justify
War justifies everything.
war military firmness
There are certain things in war of which the commander alone comprehends the importance. Nothing but his superior firmness and ability can subdue and surmount all difficulties.
war men months
You cannot stop me; I spend thirty thousand men a month.
war mildness turns
A victorious general must know how to employ severity, justness, and mildness by turns, if he would allay sedition or prevent it.
war army victory
Victory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders.
war people terrible
War is cruel to the people, and terrible to the conquered.
war enemy destruction
What my enemies call a general peace is my destruction. What I call peace is merely the disarmament of my enemies. Am I not more moderate than they?
war character balance
In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.
war important command
Nothing is so important in war as an undivided command.
war navigation needs
The admiral needs only one science, that of navigation. The general needs all the sciences.
war battle sixty
I have fought sixty battles, and I have learnt nothing which I did not know at the beginning.
war fire essentials
Artillery is more essential to cavalry than to infantry, because cavalry has no fire for its defence, but depends on the sabre.
war men important
Man, not men, is the most important consideration.
war men two
In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them.
war long soldier
Soldiers! Here is the battle you have so long desired! Henceforth victory depends on you; we have need of it.
war glasses mind
The mind of a general ought to resemble and be as clear as the field-glass of a telescope.
war army care
An army must have but one line of operations. This must be maintained with care and abandoned only for major reasons.
war rights people
When Monarchs abuse the rights with which they have been invested by the confidence of the people, and bring down upon their heads the calamity of war, the people have the right to withdraw their allegiance.
war military three
In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.
war needs shouting
You do not get peace by shouting: Peace. Peace is a meaningless word; what we need is a glorious peace.
war inspire battle
The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the horror of war.
war army victory
It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying.
war enemy desire
It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it.
war school soldier
The first quality of a soldier is constancy in enduring fatigue and hardship. Courage is only the second. Poverty privation and want are the school of the good soldier.