--- title: "1 War America Quotes By J. F. C. Fuller" description: "1 War America quotes by J. F. C. Fuller. Plus more from J. F. C. Fuller and more War America sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/j-f-c-fuller-32197_america_the-war-of-the-roses-in-england-and-the_912628.jpg" --- > [The War of the Roses in England and the Civil War in America were both intestinal conflicts arising out of similar ideas. In the first the clash was between feudalism and the new economic order; in the second, between an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/the-war-of-the-roses-in-england-and-the-civil-war-in-america-were/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/j-f-c-fuller-32197_america_the-war-of-the-roses-in-england-and-the_912628.jpg) ## More by J. F. C. Fuller > [Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/air-warfare-is-a-shot-through-the-brain-not-a-hacking-to-pieces-of/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) > [Artillery conquers and infantry occupies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/artillery-conquers-and-infantry-occupies/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) > [ In the World War \[WW1\] nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/in-the-world-war-ww1-nothing-was-more-dreadful-to-witness-than-a/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) > [To me our bombing policy appears to be suicidal. Not because it does not do vast damage to our enemy, it does; but because,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/to-me-our-bombing-policy-appears-to-be-suicidal-not-because-it-does/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) > [The War of the Roses in England and the Civil War in America were both intestinal conflicts arising out of similar ideas. In the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/the-war-of-the-roses-in-england-and-the-civil-war-in-america-were/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) > [It is absolutely true in war, were other things equal, that numbers, whether men, shells, bombs, etc., would be supreme. Yet it is also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/it-is-absolutely-true-in-war-were-other-things-equal-that-numbers/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) > [The governments of the Western nations, whether monarchical or republican, had passed into the invisible hands of a plutocracy, international in power and grasp.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/the-governments-of-the-western-nations-whether-monarchical-or/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) > [As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/as-the-aeroplane-is-the-most-mobile-weapon-we-possess-it-is-destined/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) > [Jackson possessed the brutality essential in war; Lee did not. He could clasp the hand of a wounded enemy, whilst Jackson ground his teeth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/jackson-possessed-the-brutality-essential-in-war-lee-did-not-he-could/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) > [An Army is still a crowd, though a highly organized one. It is governed by the same laws, and under the stress of war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/an-army-is-still-a-crowd-though-a-highly-organized-one-it-is-governed/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) > [Adherence to dogmas has destroyed more armies and cost more battles than anything in war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/adherence-to-dogmas-has-destroyed-more-armies-and-cost-more-battles/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) > [National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/national-armies-fight-nations-royal-armies-fight-their-like-the-first/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) > [ The strongest army in the world \[the French\] facing no more than twenty-six \[German\] divisions, sitting still and sheltering behind steel and concrete while… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/the-strongest-army-in-the-world-the-french-facing-no-more-than-twenty/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) > [Discipline is no longer literal obedience but intelligent obedience, for discipline aims at obedience coupled with activity of will. Once discipline weakens and vanishes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/discipline-is-no-longer-literal-obedience-but-intelligent-obedience/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) > [What thrust us into war were not Hitler's political teachings: the cause, this time, was his successful attempt to establish a new economy. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-f-c-fuller/what-thrust-us-into-war-were-not-hitler-s-political-teachings-the/) [J. F. C. Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-f-c-fuller/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war-america/j-f-c-fuller/#itemlist", "name": "1 War America Quotes By J. F. C. Fuller", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The War of the Roses in England and the Civil War in America were both intestinal conflicts arising out of similar ideas. In the first the clash was between feudalism and the new economic order; in the second, between an agricultural society and a new industrial one. Both led to similar ends; the first to the founding of the English nation, and the second to the founding of the American. 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