Wars Quotes

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Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Many other such substitutes for war will be discovered, but perhaps precisely thereby it will become more and more obvious that such a highly cultivated… — Friedrich Nietzsche
One of the most fashionable notions of our times is that social problems like poverty and oppression breed wars. Most wars, however, are started by… — Thomas Sowell
The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the… — Saint John Chrysostom
Wars such as those which have occurred in Iraq only allow hatred, violence and terror to proliferate — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
At a time when our country is waging two wars, approval ratings for Congress are at historic lows, unemployment is at a 70-year high and… — Franklin Graham
The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars don't just go… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars. — George C. Marshall
We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred...If a mother can kill her own child, what is… — Mother Teresa
This pride of race is a quality which the German, fundamentally, does not possess. The reason for this is that for these last three centuries… — Adolf Hitler
Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true. — Ulysses S. Grant
The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they… — George Washington
O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name. — Alexander Pope
Since the end of the World War II, the United States has fought three "small" wars...we lost all three of them and for the same… — Andrew Greeley
Make wars unprofitable and you make them impossible. — A. Philip Randolph
All wars eventually act as boomerangs and the victor suffers as much as the vanquished. — Eleanor Roosevelt
History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen. — Enoch Powell
Wars should be over in three days or less...and the American people must be all for it from the outset. — Evan Thomas
All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates. — Frank Chodorov
The pertinent question: if Americans did not want these wars should they have been compelled to fight them? — Frank Chodorov

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