Assuming Quote by Max Brooks

Countries, not just their armies, win wars.

— John McCain

America’s true power lies not in its will to dominate but in its ability to inspire.

— Robert Byrd

Wars do not end wars any more than an extraordinarily large conflagration does away with the fire hazard.

— Henry Ford

In war more than anywhere else, things do not turn out as we expect.

— Carl von Clausewitz

People do not make wars; governments do.

— Ronald Reagan

Great wars can only be fought by great powers.

— Michael Mandelbaum

The U.S. has intervened more often in more countries farther from its own shores than has any power in modern history.

— Stephen Kinzer

We don't want wars even when we win.

— Golda Meir

And, you see, we are living in a world in which all wars are wars of defense.

— George Wald

If wars were won by superior technology alone, the United States would not have been vanquished in Vietnam or waylaid in Afghanistan.

— Sanjaya Baru

In time of war all countries behave equally badly, because the power of action is handed over to stupid and obstinate men.

— Kenneth Clark

It's not the side of the bigger army that wins. It's the country that tells a better story.

— Shashi Tharoor