Ability Quote by Gene Roddenberry

A nation's ability to fight a modern war is as good as its technological ability.

— Frank Whittle

War is no longer a series of battles, but a test of the strength of the entire nation, its moral strength as well as…

— Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder

War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.

— Will Durant

War is a specific product of civilization.

— Lewis Mumford

Civilization is only a series of victories against nature.

— William Harvey

Are wars anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is buttressed?

— Marquis de Sade

Today the real test of power is not capacity to make war but capacity to prevent it.

— Anne O'Hare McCormick

The measure of civilization in a people is to be found in its just appreciation of the wrongfulness of war.

— Arthur Helps

“Mechanized warfare still left room for human qualities to play an important part in the issue. ‘Automatic warfare’ cancels them out, except in a…

— B.H. Liddell Hart

“But strength doesn’t always mean brute force. You don’t have to kick ass to be a fighter. Violence doesn’t equal strength. Lead your army…

— Becca Fitzpatrick

Most wars are not fought over shortages of resources such as food and water, but rather over conquest, revenge, and ideology.

— Steven Pinker

Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.

— Nicolas Gomez Davila