Warlike Quotes

44 Warlike quotes by 37 unique authors

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. — Ambrose Bierce
The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who overcome their enemies without strife.… — Laozi
To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful. — Samuel Johnson
I welcome all the signs indicating that a more manly and warlike age is commencing, which will, above all, bring heroism again into honour! — Friedrich Nietzsche
Under conditions of peace the warlike man attacks himself. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Christianity is a lifestyle - a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However, we made it into an… — Richard Rohr
Knowing how to fight made men more bold, because no one fears doing what it seems to him he has learned to do. Therefore, the… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover… — Patrick Henry
[L]eave nothing to the uncertainty of procuring a warlike apparatus at the moment of public danger. — George Washington
They said we were soft, that we would not fight, that we could not win. We are not a warlike nation. We do not go… — Harry S. Truman
But could not our situation be compared to one of a menacing epidemic? People are unable to view this situation in its true light, for… — Albert Einstein
The German people are not a warlike nation. It is a soldierly one, which means it does not want a war, but does not fear… — Adolf Hitler
In war the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of the offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it. — George S. Patton
I should be judged as a captain who went from Spain to the Indies to conquer a people numerous and warlike, whose manners and religion… — Christopher Columbus
A warlike nation like the Germans, without either cities, letters, arts, or money, found some compensation for this savage state in the enjoyment of liberty.… — Edward Gibbon
We humans, though troubled and warlike, are also the dreams, thinkers, and explorers inhabiting one achingly beautiful planet, yearning for the sublime, and capable of… — Carolyn Porco
The fact is that Britain is the most warlike nation on earth. In the history of armed combat, we are the only democracy to have… — Jeremy Clarkson
Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing pine,the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry, The… — Edmund Spenser
I hope in the future Americans are thought of as a warlike, vicious people, because I bet a lot of high schools would pick "Americans"… — Jack Handey
Once all the Germans were warlike and mean But that couldn't happen again We taught them a lesson in nineteen eighteen And they've hardly bothered… — Tom Lehrer
In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs are set forth;… — Richard de Bury
Man wishes woman to be peaceable, but in fact she is essentially warlike, like the cat. — Friedrich Nietzsche
He who relies solely on warlike measures shall be exterminated; he who relies solely on peaceful measures shall perish. — Sun Tzu
Everything connected with war and warlike exploits is interesting to a boy. — James Nasmyth
Peace is not something you fight for With bombs and missiles that kill, Nor can it be won in a "battle of words" One fashions… — Helen Steiner Rice

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