Brighter Quote by Gideon Welles

On the battlefield, (the U.S. war in Iraq) cannot be considered a success. It's a struggle. We're doing what we can to support them…

— Robert S. Beecroft

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

— Winston Churchill

The first step in having any successful war is getting people to fight it.

— Fran Lebowitz

Success in war was the only success that counted; failure was a disgrace to be wiped out only by starting another war and winning…

— Barbara Holland

War is an admission of failure

— K.J. Parker

War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict…

— George W. Bush

If we succeeded, we will have the primary satisfaction of ending the war

— Carl Andrew Spaatz

Success in war depends upon the golden rule of war.

— George S. Patton

I have a feeling that we are doing better in the war than the people have been told.

— Ronald Reagan

Success in Iraq will be a major setback for terrorists and a major asset for the security of this region. The struggle for Iraq…

— Zalmay Khalilzad

War is an absolute failure of imagination, scientific and political. That a war can be represented as helping a people to 'feel good' about…

— Adrienne Rich

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that…

— Ernest Hemingway