Ends Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt

War is a contagion.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

War disorganizes, but it is to reorganize.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Oh, diplomacy," said M.D., in his element, "it mops up war's spillages; legitimizes its outcomes; gives the strong state the means to impose its…

— David Mitchell

A prolonged war in which a nation takes part is bound to impoverish the breed, since the character of the breed depends on the…

— J. Arthur Thomson

[Every] hour of delay abates the fame and force of the invader, and multiplies the resources of defensive war.

— Edward Gibbon

...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.

— George Orwell

Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.

— Anonymous

If war is glorified, it tends to eclipse the policies it is meant to serve.

— Randal Marlin

In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The cause of war is preparation for war.

— W. E. B. Du Bois

In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything.

— Napoleon Bonaparte