Character Quote by John Quincy Adams

“a nation is totally geared to the waging of war, it had better ensure that war keeps occurring somewhere; and”

— James A. Michener

War is America's central liturgical act necessary to renew our sense that we are a nation unlike other nations.

— Stanley Hauerwas

Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by…

— George Washington

The possibility of war increases in direct proportion to the effectiveness of the instruments of war.

— Norman Cousins

“It has often given my pleasure to observe, that independent America was not composed of detached and distant territories, but that one connected fertile,…

— John Jay

War nearly always serves as an occasion for serious expansions of state power and the destruction of legal protections

— Joseph Sobran

“Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on that strange…

— Winston Churchill

“It is necessary to understand that war is common, strife is customary, and all things happen because of strife and necessity.”

— Heraclitus

“As anywhere else, political instability provided an opportunity for local scores to be settled, for personal grievances to be aired, for heroes to be…

— Charles Emmerson

Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?

— George Washington

The nature of war is constant change.

— Sun Tzu

Providence The will of God acting together with human will. But he respects our will absolutely. He does not force. Love never forces. It…

— Michael O'Brien