War Quotes

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War over water would be an ultimate obscenity. And yet, unfortunately it is conceivable... Water has been a source over so many years of erosion… — Queen Noor of Jordan
My home...It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against the tempest outside, as I… — Michel de Montaigne
If any man says he hates war more than I do, he better have a knife, that's all I have to say. — Jack Handey
Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot… — Alexander Hamilton
Intellect is invisible to the man who has none. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. — Duke of Wellington
The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat. — Duke of Wellington
I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me. — Duke of Wellington
The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill. — Duke of Wellington
Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest. — Duke of Wellington
We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France. — Duke of Wellington
As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles… — Duke of Wellington
I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men. — Duke of Wellington
I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad… — Benjamin Franklin
Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our… — Benjamin Franklin
Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants. — Benjamin Franklin
Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... Rule 2 is: Do not go fighting with your… — Bernard Law Montgomery
War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale. — Carl von Clausewitz
Close combat, man to man, is plainly to be regarded as the real basis of combat. — Carl von Clausewitz
The great uncertainty of all data in war is because all action, to a certain extent, planned in a mere twilight - like the effect… — Carl von Clausewitz

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