Defeat Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt

It was an old lesson learned by governments: that war solves problems of control.

— Howard Zinn

We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back.…

— Douglas MacArthur

People were already beginning to forget, what horrible suffering the war had brought them. I did not want to cause fear and panic, but…

— Otto Dix

“War, on the other hand, was the result of failure; failure of diplomacy, failure of intelligence, failure to prepare, failure to act decisively when…

— Col Don Wilson

We were too intelligent, too cynical for war. Of course, you don't have to be stupid and primitive to die a stupid, primitive death.

— Geraldine Brooks

When the war ends, it will be found that there was an equal amount of huggery practiced on both sides, that terrible things were…

— Rufus Jones

War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly.

— Aminatta Forna

“For these reasons they should not hesitate to exchange peace for war. If wise men remain quiet, while they are not injured, brave men…

— Thucydides

When the war ends, it will be found that there was an equal amount of 'thuggery' practiced on both sides, that terrible things were…

— Rufus Jones

That strange feeling we had inthe war. Have you found anything in your lives since toequal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness…

— Noël Coward

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

— Robert E. Lee

Wars, therefore, are to be undertaken for this end, that we may live in peace, without being injured; but when we obtain the victory,…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero