Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion. Norman Schwarzkopf
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. Sun Tzu
Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves. William Hazlitt
War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives. Friedrich Nietzsche
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. George Orwell
You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause. Friedrich Nietzsche
The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure. George Washington
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one. Will Rogers
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. George Washington
Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead. Barack Obama
Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous. George Bernard Shaw
The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. George Bernard Shaw
War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will. George Washington
We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves. Albert Camus
The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm. Albert Camus
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. Plato
A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy. Aldous Huxley