--- title: "12 War Difficult Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 War Difficult quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best War Difficult sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/saxby-chambliss-17978_difficult_first-of-all-war-is-a-very-very-difficul_1330251.jpg" --- > [First of all, war is a very, very difficult thing to deal with, even on the good days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saxby-chambliss/first-of-all-war-is-a-very-very-difficult-thing-to-deal-with-even-on/) [Saxby Chambliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saxby-chambliss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/saxby-chambliss-17978_difficult_first-of-all-war-is-a-very-very-difficul_1330251.jpg) > [It's very easy to start a war but the muftah, as the Arabs say, the key to switch off a war, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/it-s-very-easy-to-start-a-war-but-the-muftah-as-the-arabs-say-the-key/) [Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd3/robert-fisk-7244_difficult_it-s-very-easy-to-start-a-war-but-the-mu_893669.jpg) > [Even under the best of circumstances, the road back from war is difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-wyden/even-under-the-best-of-circumstances-the-road-back-from-war-is/) [Ron Wyden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-wyden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/ron-wyden-8512_adversity_even-under-the-best-of-circumstances-the_339346.png) > [It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sallust/it-is-always-easy-to-begin-a-war-but-very-difficult-to-stop-one/) [Sallust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sallust/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/sallust-4191_difficult_it-is-always-easy-to-begin-a-war-but-ver_2460279.jpg) > [But I would argue that a longer war it's more difficult to keep records than a shorter war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-shays/but-i-would-argue-that-a-longer-war-it-s-more-difficult-to-keep/) [Christopher Shays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-shays/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d9/christopher-shays-41350_argue_but-i-would-argue-that-a-longer-war-it-s_1265092.jpg) > [Life has become terribly insecure. It's on the vortex of civil war. It's difficult to know how America will bring it back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lee-anderson/life-has-become-terribly-insecure-it-s-on-the-vortex-of-civil-war-it/) [Jon Lee Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lee-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/jon-lee-anderson-28056_america_life-has-become-terribly-insecure-it-s-o_2081287.jpg) > [If all Europe lies flat while the Russian mob tramps over it, we will then be faced with a war under difficult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forrestal/if-all-europe-lies-flat-while-the-russian-mob-tramps-over-it-we-will/) [James Forrestal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forrestal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/james-forrestal-34465_chance_if-all-europe-lies-flat-while-the-russia_819202.jpg) > [Action in war is like movement in a resistant element. Just as the simplest and most natural of movements, walking, cannot easily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-von-clausewitz/action-in-war-is-like-movement-in-a-resistant-element-just-as-the/) [Carl von Clausewitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-von-clausewitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73a/carl-von-clausewitz-2060_achieve_action-in-war-is-like-movement-in-a-resi_1370237.jpg) > [One of the things that I noticed in war was how difficult it was for our soldiers, at first, to realize that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-d-eisenhower/one-of-the-things-that-i-noticed-in-war-was-how-difficult-it-was-for/) [Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-d-eisenhower/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/dwight-d-eisenhower-499_ball-game_one-of-the-things-that-i-noticed-in-war_2681823.jpg) > [War is not at all such a difficult art as people think. . . . In reality it would seem that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-bonaparte/war-is-not-at-all-such-a-difficult-art-as-people-think-in-reality-it/) [Napoleon Bonaparte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-bonaparte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/napoleon-bonaparte-206_adversaries_war-is-not-at-all-such-a-difficult-art-a_1802942.jpg) > [The second best thing about space travel is that the distances involved make war very difficult, usually impractical, and almost always unnecessary.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-second-best-thing-about-space-travel-is-that-the-distances/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/robert-a-heinlein-209_best-things_the-second-best-thing-about-space-travel_894929.jpg) > [“The Vietnam War was the boiling point of our generation. Young people of courage and commitment often chose opposite courses of action.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-anthony-sullivan/the-vietnam-war-was-the-boiling-point-of-our-generation-young-people/) [Mark Anthony Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-anthony-sullivan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/mark-anthony-sullivan-260131_boiling-point_the-vietnam-war-was-the-boiling-point-of_2454874.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war-difficult/#itemlist", "name": "War Difficult Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "First of all, war is a very, very difficult thing to deal with, even on the good days.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Saxby Chambliss" }, "url": 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