Avoided Quote by Philip Bobbitt

War may break out unexpectedly. Wars are not declared, nowadays. They simply start.

— J. Stalin

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

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Nowadays wars are not declared. They simply start.

— Joseph Stalin

No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

— A. J. P. Taylor

War is not a pathology that, with proper hygiene and treatment, can be wholly prevented. War is a natural condition of the State, which…

— Philip Bobbitt

Wars should be over in three days or less...and the American people must be all for it from the outset.

— Evan Thomas

Wars are begun by frightened men. They fear war, but more than that, they fear what will happen if they don't start one or…

— Tom Clancy

Unavailable wars are always just.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for…

— Omar N. Bradley

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s…

— Douglas MacArthur