War Quotes · Page 137

I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.

— Jack Scalia

“In wars amongst ideas, doubters are the victims.”

— Toba Beta

Don't invade Iraq. Inspections work, war won't.

— Martin Sheen

Some years ago, the federal government declared war on poverty, and poverty won.

— Ronald Reagan

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“Veni, vidi, vici. ( I came, I saw, I conquered .)”

— Julius Caesar

I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.

— Talib Kweli

“A nation without patriotism won't win any war.”

— Toba Beta

We have a Democratic Party that cannot defend the American people from the worst Republican Party in history because it's a Democratic…

— Ralph Nader

“We all of us have our particular devil who ruses us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end.”

— Daphne du Maurier

If great teams don't have an "enemy," they create one for themselves because, as former Coca-Cola CEO Roberto Goizueta pointed out, "you…

— Warren G. Bennis

We, the people, still believe that enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war.

— Barack Obama

They [terrorists] have declared war on us and we need to have a serious strategy to destroy ISIS.

— Jeb Bush

Where there is love, do what you will, it will be right action. It will never bring conflict to one's life. In…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

But to practice leadership, you need to accept that you are in the business of generating chaos, confusion, and conflict

— Ronald A. Heifetz

“Abraham Lincoln. When he met Stowe, it is claimed that he said, "So you're the little woman that started this great war!”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Halliburton is not a 'company' doing business in Iraq. It is a war profiteer, bilking millions from the pockets of average Americans.…

— Michael Moore

For a long time, way back in the ’30s and ’40s, there were fabulous female roles. Bette Davis and all those people…

— Geena Davis

“The love of God is so universal that His perfect plan bestows many gifts on all of His children, even those who…

— Dallin H. Oaks

In a physical contest on the field of battle it is allowable to use tactics and strategy, to retreat as well as…

— Terence MacSwiney

If, then, this civilization is to be saved, if it is not to be submerged by centuries of barbarism, but to secure…

— Johan Huizinga

“Beware Stephen! There will probably be a magical combat of some sort. I daresay I shall have to take on different forms…

— Susanna Clarke

I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But a great and lasting war can…

— George Washington

“Historically, it is traditional and habitual for us to be inadequately prepared. This is the combined result of a number factors, the…

— Ernest King

The only matter that could take Egypt to war again is water.

— Anwar Sadat

War: the stupidest of all the human stupidities.

— Jean-Paul Malfatti

To discover a system for the avoidance of war is a vital need of our civilisation.

— Bertrand Russell

The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war..

— Anonymous

War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.

— Khaled Hosseini

I will not get into a pissing contest with that skunk [Joseph McCarthy].

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages.

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Why is it easier to get men to go to war than to see a counselor?”

— Steven Gould

Chance is the only game we play with. We let our battles choose us.

— Lorde

There is a particular danger with a war that God commands. What if God should lose?

— Garry Wills

He who saves you from war is better than he who sends you to war.

— Ilana Mercer

Uncle fought in Vietnam and then he fought a war all by himself.

— Bob Dylan

Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

— Mahatma Gandhi

All wars would end immediately if the various chiefs of state dropped a little LSD.

— David Crosby

“After winning the battle, tighten your helmet.”

— Japanese Proverb

You want to prevent war, you talk, talk, but you also have to back it up with actions.

— Steve Scalise