Patriotism Quote by Lee Child

A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves

— German Proverb

“War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle; therefore they take boys from one village and another village;…

— Thomas Carlyle

“It’s always the same war. Only the names of the dead change. It’s always about one thing: which group of rich men get to…

— A.G. Riddle

“Every war is a murderous struggle between foes. And yet, no army has ever marched into battle believing that the Creator had sided with…

— Terry Goodkind

“All of our wars were carried on the backs of the poor and the sons of the poor. The poor were the first to…

— Richard LeMieux

“The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service…

— Sun Tzu

“A long war almost always places nations in the wretched alternative of being abandoned to ruin by defeat or to despotism by success.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Difficulty of subsistence made the invaders reduce the numbers of the army to a point at which it might live on the country during…

— Thucydides

“The mark of a great general is not how many men he has lost to win a battle, but how many men he has…

— Eric K. Rodriguez

“Legions of men, butchered for the greater glory and the profit margins of bankers, chancellors, generals, stockbrokers, and other fathers of the nation, had…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“War? One can lose oneself in the joy of battle, in fighting for a glorious cause, but there are not many glorious causes for…

— Donna Tartt

“No victory, no conquest justified a single death, a man starved, frozen, lacerated, a single orphaned child. All war wanted was itself.”

— Willy Peter Reese