The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. David Friedman on war
The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation. George McGovern on war
I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy. William Westmoreland on war
There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it. Havelock Ellis on war
To win this war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern. Sarah Palin on war
You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. Jeannette Rankin on war
It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war. Lester B. Pearson on war
We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace. Jeane Kirkpatrick on war
War is the unfolding of miscalculations. Barbara Tuchman on war
A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war. Herbert V. Prochnow on war
The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully. Charles Evans Hughes on war
War would end if the dead could return. Stanley Baldwin on war