--- title: "21 War Quotes By Charles Krauthammer" description: "21 War quotes by Charles Krauthammer. Plus more from Charles Krauthammer and more War sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/charles-krauthammer-1232_deterrence_preemption-is-a-kind-of-pre-deterrence-t_1097801.png" --- > [Preemption is a kind of pre-deterrence that stops the threat at an earlier, safer stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/preemption-is-a-kind-of-pre-deterrence-that-stops-the-threat-at-an/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/charles-krauthammer-1232_deterrence_preemption-is-a-kind-of-pre-deterrence-t_1097801.png) > [“...my war on commas. They are a pestilence. They must be stopped.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/my-war-on-commas-they-are-a-pestilence-they-must-be-stopped/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af0/charles-krauthammer-1232_commas_my-war-on-commas-they-are-a-pestilence-t_253515.png) > [Nuclear doctrine consists of thinking the unthinkable. It involves making threats and promising retaliation that is cruel and destructive beyond imagining. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/nuclear-doctrine-consists-of-thinking-the-unthinkable-it-involves/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/charles-krauthammer-1232_beyond_nuclear-doctrine-consists-of-thinking-th_2848225.png) > [Americans are not intrinsically imperial, but we ended up dominant by default: Europe disappeared after the Second World War, the Soviet Union…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/americans-are-not-intrinsically-imperial-but-we-ended-up-dominant-by/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/charles-krauthammer-1232_americans_americans-are-not-intrinsically-imperial_590803.png) > [The results of the Great Society experiments started coming in and began showing that, for all its good intentions, the War on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/the-results-of-the-great-society-experiments-started-coming-in-and/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/charles-krauthammer-1232_community_the-results-of-the-great-society-experim_2886358.png) > [ Some geopolitical conflicts are morally complicated. The Israel-Gaza war is not. It possesses a moral clarity not only rare but excruciating. \[...\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/some-geopolitical-conflicts-are-morally-complicated-the-israel-gaza/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc8/charles-krauthammer-1232_clarity_some-geopolitical-conflicts-are-morally_1263872.png) > [“It's the jihadists who decided to make the world a battlefield and to wage war in perpetuity. Until they abandon the field,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/it-s-the-jihadists-who-decided-to-make-the-world-a-battlefield-and-to/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62c/charles-krauthammer-1232_israel_it-s-the-jihadists-who-decided-to-make-t_3131529.png) > [Truman left in the middle of an unpopular war, a war of choice. Truman didn't have to go into South Korea. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/truman-left-in-the-middle-of-an-unpopular-war-a-war-of-choice-truman/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/charles-krauthammer-1232_20th-century_truman-left-in-the-middle-of-an-unpopula_867698.png) > [Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq could be very costly, possibly degenerating into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/doves-oppose-war-on-the-grounds-that-the-risks-exceed-the-gains-war/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/charles-krauthammer-1232_exceed_doves-oppose-war-on-the-grounds-that-the_3137410.png) > [Obama has committed the U.S. to war on the Islamic State. To then allow within a month an allied enclave to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/obama-has-committed-the-u-s-to-war-on-the-islamic-state-to-then-allow/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/charles-krauthammer-1232_blow_obama-has-committed-the-u-s-to-war-on-th_700951.png) > [Hawks favor war on the grounds that Saddam Hussein is reckless, tyrannical and instinctively aggressive, and that if he comes into possession…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/hawks-favor-war-on-the-grounds-that-saddam-hussein-is-reckless/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/charles-krauthammer-1232_aggressive_hawks-favor-war-on-the-grounds-that-sadd_2091746.png) > [Guerrilla war is a test of wills. Obama's actual objectives - rollback in Iraq, containment in Syria - are not unreasonable. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/guerrilla-war-is-a-test-of-wills-obama-s-actual-objectives-rollback/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/charles-krauthammer-1232_commitment_guerrilla-war-is-a-test-of-wills-obama-s_231288.png) > [Why should we care about the coup? First, because we depend on Yemen's government to support our drone war against another local…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/why-should-we-care-about-the-coup-first-because-we-depend-on-yemen-s/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/charles-krauthammer-1232_al-qaeda_why-should-we-care-about-the-coup-first_699401.png) > [ “And who is the hero of that story? Who slew the dragon \[totalitarianism\]? Yes, it was the ordinary man, the taxpayer, the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/and-who-is-the-hero-of-that-story-who-slew-the-dragon-totalitarianism/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/charles-krauthammer-1232_churchill_and-who-is-the-hero-of-that-story-who-sl_908027.png) > [“Obama doesn’t like this terror war. He particularly dislikes its unfortunate religious coloration, which is why “Islamist” is banished from his lexicon.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/obama-doesn-t-like-this-terror-war-he-particularly-dislikes-its/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/charles-krauthammer-1232_commander-in-chief_obama-doesn-t-like-this-terror-war-he-pa_2973687.png) > [“In a world of terrorists, terrorist states and weapons of mass destruction, the option of preemption is especially necessary. In the bipolar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/in-a-world-of-terrorists-terrorist-states-and-weapons-of-mass/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/charles-krauthammer-1232_cold-war_in-a-world-of-terrorists-terrorist-state_1648942.jpg) > [The war is not going well and it is time to say why. It has been fought with half-measures. It has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/the-war-is-not-going-well-and-it-is-time-to-say-why-it-has-been/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6c/charles-krauthammer-1232_48-hours_the-war-is-not-going-well-and-it-is-time_115264.jpg) > [The way that Trump spoke about the outside world was the most aggressive, most hyper-nationalist, and in some ways most hostile of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/the-way-that-trump-spoke-about-the-outside-world-was-the-most/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ab/charles-krauthammer-1232_aggressive_the-way-that-trump-spoke-about-the-outsi_2592413.png) > [Clashes of values and the struggle for primacy constitute a constant in human history that accounts for that other constant - conflict…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/clashes-of-values-and-the-struggle-for-primacy-constitute-a-constant/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/charles-krauthammer-1232_accounts_clashes-of-values-and-the-struggle-for-p_1796590.png) > [The U.N. is worse than disaster. The U.N. creates conflicts. Look at the disgraceful U.N. Human Rights Council: It transmits norms which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/the-u-n-is-worse-than-disaster-the-u-n-creates-conflicts-look-at-the/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/charles-krauthammer-1232_absence_the-u-n-is-worse-than-disaster-the-u-n-c_1907562.png) > [Obama and the Democrats were so critical of what Bush did, the interrogations, the secret prisons, Guantanamo and all of that, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/obama-and-the-democrats-were-so-critical-of-what-bush-did-the/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/charles-krauthammer-1232_bush_obama-and-the-democrats-were-so-critical_32726.png) ## Other authors on War - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sun-tzu-87907.jpg) Sun Tzu 409 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/sun-tzu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-winston-churchill-96197.jpg) Winston Churchill 171 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/winston-churchill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 162 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-napoleon-bonaparte-70192.jpg) Napoleon Bonaparte 159 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/napoleon-bonaparte/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 152 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kurt-vonnegut-58049.jpg) Kurt Vonnegut 129 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/kurt-vonnegut/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-orwell-37887.jpg) George Orwell 125 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/george-orwell/) - [Abraham Lincoln 123 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/abraham-lincoln/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 116 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-niccolo-machiavelli-70986.jpg) Niccolo Machiavelli 109 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/niccolo-machiavelli/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dwight-d-eisenhower-30965.jpg) Dwight D. Eisenhower 99 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/dwight-d-eisenhower/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carl-von-clausewitz-21011.jpg) Carl von Clausewitz 98 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/carl-von-clausewitz/) ## More by Charles Krauthammer > [Obama and the Democrats were so critical of what Bush did, the interrogations, the secret prisons, Guantanamo and all of that, and even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/obama-and-the-democrats-were-so-critical-of-what-bush-did-the/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [“America is the most welcoming, religiously tolerant, philo-semitic country in the world. No nation since Cyrus the Great’s Persia has done more for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/america-is-the-most-welcoming-religiously-tolerant-philo-semitic/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [I believe in what I believe, and I think after all these years I've heard a lot of arguments, and I'm convinced by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/i-believe-in-what-i-believe-and-i-think-after-all-these-years-i-ve/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [With our financial house on fire, Obama makes clear both in in his speech and his budget that the essence of his presidency will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/with-our-financial-house-on-fire-obama-makes-clear-both-in-in-his/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the New Deal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/the-conservative-idea-is-not-that-government-has-no-role-you-might/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [The war is not going well and it is time to say why. It has been fought with half-measures. It has been fought with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/the-war-is-not-going-well-and-it-is-time-to-say-why-it-has-been/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [“International stability is never a given. It is never the norm. When achieved, it is the product of self-conscious action by the great powers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/international-stability-is-never-a-given-it-is-never-the-norm-when/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [Look, I don't mind if the President sends a budget which he knows is not going to achieve anything. But when he prefaces his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/look-i-don-t-mind-if-the-president-sends-a-budget-which-he-knows-is/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [“Politics is the moat, the walls, beyond which lie the barbarians. Fail to keep them at bay, and everything burns.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/politics-is-the-moat-the-walls-beyond-which-lie-the-barbarians-fail/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [Don't touch my junk, you airport security goon--my package belongs to no one but me, and do you really think I'm a Nigerian nut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/don-t-touch-my-junk-you-airport-security-goon-my-package-belongs-to/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [“The Russian Revolution and its imitators (Chinese, Cuban, Vietnamese, Cambodian) tried to atomize society so thoroughly--to war against the mediating structures that stand between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/the-russian-revolution-and-its-imitators-chinese-cuban-vietnamese/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [Where religion is trivialized, one is unlikely to find persecution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/where-religion-is-trivialized-one-is-unlikely-to-find-persecution/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [We must now brace ourselves for disquisitions on peer pressure, adolescent anomie, and rage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/we-must-now-brace-ourselves-for-disquisitions-on-peer-pressure/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [Post-Watergate morality, by which anything left private is taken as presumptive evidence of wrongdoing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/post-watergate-morality-by-which-anything-left-private-is-taken-as/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) > [“The largest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity,' warns Czech president Vaclav Klaus, 'is no longer socialism. It is, instead, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/the-largest-threat-to-freedom-democracy-the-market-economy-and/) [Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/charles-krauthammer/#itemlist", "name": "21 War Quotes By Charles Krauthammer", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Preemption is a kind of pre-deterrence that stops the threat at an earlier, safer stage.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Krauthammer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/preemption-is-a-kind-of-pre-deterrence-that-stops-the-threat-at-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/charles-krauthammer-1232_deterrence_preemption-is-a-kind-of-pre-deterrence-t_1097801.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/charles-krauthammer-1232_deterrence_preemption-is-a-kind-of-pre-deterrence-t_1097801.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/charles-krauthammer-1232_deterrence_preemption-is-a-kind-of-pre-deterrence-t_1097801.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Preemption is a kind of pre-deterrence that stops the threat at an earlier, safer stage.” — Charles Krauthammer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...my war on commas. 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