War Quotes

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Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The sinews of war are infinite money. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Laws are silent in time of war. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Wars are begun by frightened men. — Tom Clancy
Vice stirs up war, virtue fights. — Luc de Clapiers
A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do - but it does not keep him from doing… — Frank A. Clark
The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy. — Ramsey Clark
I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. — Woody Allen
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior. — Carl von Clausewitz
Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain. — Carl von Clausewitz
War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. — Carl von Clausewitz
Politics is the womb in which war develops. — Carl von Clausewitz
The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation form their purposes. — Carl von Clausewitz
Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult. — Carl von Clausewitz
War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other… — Carl von Clausewitz
War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering. — Carl von Clausewitz
Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity. — Carl von Clausewitz
War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter. — Carl von Clausewitz
No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have… — Hillary Clinton
In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today. — Isabel Allende

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