Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. Benjamin Franklin on war
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists. Ernest Hemingway on war
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him. Winston Churchill on war
When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise. Winston Churchill on war
The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. Thomas Jefferson on war
Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. Winston Churchill on war
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. George S. Patton on war
It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. Thomas Jefferson on war
In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times. Winston Churchill on war
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war. Winston Churchill on war
I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. Winston Churchill on war
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can. Winston Churchill on war
In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might. Winston Churchill on war
Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. Winston Churchill on war
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children. Mahatma Gandhi on war
As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. Oscar Wilde on war
I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind. Thomas Jefferson on war
Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both. John F. Kennedy on war
The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. Thomas Jefferson on war