For God's Sake be sure you do not risk the cannon. — John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough Copy Share Image
To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff. — George Washington Copy Share Image
I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies. — Charles XII of Sweden Copy Share Image
Let me have war, say I; it exceeds peace as far as day does night; it's spritely, waking, audible, and full of… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow. Nothing endures but change. — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
There is one certain means by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin: I will die in the… — William III of England Copy Share Image
Close combat, man to man, is plainly to be regarded as the real basis of combat. — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
To be thrown upon one's own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune; for our faculties then undergo… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Let us immediately establish the point. Our enemies know full well that news is an important weapon in modern warfare and they… — Matthew Gordon Copy Share Image
Very few people chose war. They chose selfishness and the result was war. Each of us, individually and nationally, must choose: total… — David Dellinger Copy Share Image
Arabs and their allies are conducting a total war against Israel. A total war means a war of lies. The PA [Palestinian… — Manfred Gerstenfeld Copy Share Image
The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
One minute can decide the outcome of the battle, one hour - the outcome of the campaign, and one day - the… — Alexander Suvorov Copy Share Image
The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and… — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad belongs to the small Alawite sect and is therefore considered a heretic by many Sunnis; al-Assad runs a… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Japan suffered terribly from the atomic bomb but never adopted a pose of moral superiority, implying: 'We would never have done it!'… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
A moment comes in war when the last line must be crossed. The line that separates what you hold dear from what… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
after a generation or two of shedding the deliberate political encumbrances to war ... of dropping Congress from the equation altogether, of… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
We must carry the war into every corner the enemy happens to carry it, to his home, to his centers of entertainment:… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
Lastly, the great uncertainty of all data in War is a peculiar difficulty, because all action must, to a certain extent, be… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
When we talk about total war, and we talk about war zones, and we talk about the breakdown of the cities, when… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Somewhere nearby, artillery thundered. Vast fields — flat as a table, without a single tree — turned any moving figure into an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It was the concentration of resources and power in hierarchical political organizations, the millions of cannon-fodder citizens subject to their disposal, the… — Lawrence H. Keeley Copy Share Image
Love is the beginning, the middle, and the end of everything. — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire Copy Share Image