Answers Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars don't just…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“There is no avoiding war, it can only be postponed to the advantage of your enemy.”

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Foresight is the cause of Europe's present wars. If one would take pains to forsee nothing, the whole world would be tranquil, and I…

— Abbé Galiani

War is no picnic. Wars should be prevented, and if you can't prevent them, you have to put them off.

— Ehud Barak

War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war.

— Chief Joseph

“war is not so to be avoided, but is only deferred to your disadvantage”

— Niccolò Machiavelli

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

— Robert E. Lee

“You cannot prevent a war by starting a war.”

— Carroll Bryant

It is important also to consider, that the surest means of avoiding war is to be prepared for it in peace.

— Joseph Story

“As he grew older, which was mostly in my absence, my firstborn son, Alexander, became ever more humorous and courageous. There came a time,…

— Christopher Hitchens

“The way to do away with war is for those who do not want war, who regard participation in it a sin, to refrain…

— Tolstoy