War Quotes
- Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill. — William Cowper
- War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. — William Cowper
- A noisy man is always in the right. — William Cowper
- Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least. — William Wordsworth
- Like an army defeated the snow hath retreated. — William Wordsworth
- No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it. — Winston Churchill
- There is no mistake so great as the mistake of not going on. — William Blake
- Here lies one whose name was writ in water. — John Keats
- Impotent hatred is the most horrible of all emotions; one should hate nobody whom one cannot destroy. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent. — Jean Paul
- To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding. — Horatio Nelson
- What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy. — Horatio Nelson
- Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean. — Horatio Nelson
- Hardy, I do believe they have done it at last... my backbone is shot through. — Horatio Nelson
- Frigates are the eyes of a fleet. — Horatio Nelson
- First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can. — Horatio Nelson
- Desperate affairs require desperate remedies. — Carl von Clausewitz
- A ship's a fool to fight a fort. — Horatio Nelson
- The people are that part of the state that does not know what it wants. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Total war is the most humane in the long run. — C.S. Lewis