Both sides Quote by Matthew of Edessa

I regard almost all quarrels of princes on the same footing, and I see nothing that marks man's unreason so positively as war. Indeed,…

— Mary Wortley Montagu

The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the horror of…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown.

— Laozi

One murder made a villain, Millions a hero. Princes were privileged To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.

— Beilby Porteus

The clemency of Princes is often but policy to win the affections of the people.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

While princes do rule the empire, they have to work within certain boundaries, and they're also always in a contest with each other to…

— Garth Nix

The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war to follow between Princes.

— Michel de Montaigne

If I were to speak of war, it would not be to show you the glories of conquering armies but the mischief and misery…

— Clara Barton

They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men.

— Plutarch

And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending…

— Benjamin Franklin

War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.

— Charles Caleb Colton

The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.

— Woodrow Wilson