Warfare Quotes

326 Warfare quotes by 252 unique authors

In each succeeding war there is a tendency to proclaim as something new the principles under which it is conducted. Not only those who have… — John J. Pershing
We have an army for fighting as well as an army for labour. For fighting, we have the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies but… — Mao Zedong
The Sappers really need no tribute from me; their reward lies in the glory of their achievement. The more science intervenes in warfare, the more… — Bernard Law Montgomery
Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril. — Lucretius
Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Everything is deception: seeking the minimum of illusion, keeping within the ordinary limitations, seeking the maximum. In the first case one cheats the Good, by… — Franz Kafka
Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, Dream of battled fields no more. Days of danger, nights of waking. — Walter Scott
Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er. — Walter Scott
If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a… — Ernest K. Gann
Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.… — James Madison
A pacifism which can see the cruelties only of occasional military warfare and is blind to the continuous cruelties of our social system is worthless. — Mahatma Gandhi
There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boisterous battle, with pennants waving and cannon… — Mary Elizabeth Braddon
He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people… — Thomas Jefferson
All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him. — Sun Tzu
The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a mask, a mask that he must make for himself, but… — John Keegan
Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion. — Marcus Aurelius
Through most of its wars, the United States successfully used the attrition approach. It is easier to be proficient at this type of warfare. You… — Unknown Author
Understanding future warfare is the most important responsibility of those who must defend a nation from future enemies! — Perry M Smith
Christianity is warfare, and Christians are spiritualsoldiers. — Robert Southwell
Naval Special Warfare is no place for the weak of heart, limb, or liver. — Unknown Author

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