Aggressive Quote by Joseph Stalin

History shows that when any state intends to make war against another state, even not adjacent, it begins to seek for frontiers across which…

— J. Stalin

A state attacked by another which renews an old claim rarely yields it without a war: it prefers to defend its territory, as is…

— Antoine-Henri Jomini

War most often promotes the internal unity of each state involved. The state plagued by internal strife may then, instead of waiting for the…

— Kenneth Waltz

While there are many causes for which a state goes to war, its fundamental object can be epitomized as that of ensuring the continuance…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

Moreover, if the territorial state is to continue as the last word in the development of society, then war is inevitable.

— Christian Lous Lange

The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it.

— Murray Rothbard

A state may launch a pre-emptive strike if it has very good reason for thinking that another state is preparing for war.

— David Oderberg

In the case of a state that is seeking not conquest but the maintenance of its security, the aim is fulfilled if the threat…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

In a campaign against more than one state or army, it is more fruitful to concentrate first against the weaker partner than to attempt…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

War is then not a relationship between one man and another, but a relationship between one State and another, in which individuals are enemies…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay for the…

— Charles Tilly

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the…

— Murray Rothbard