Air Quote by Ronald Reagan

There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace.

— Ronald Reagan

War is hugely profitable. It creates so much money because it's so easy to spend money very fast. There are huge fortunes to be…

— Roger Waters

Throughout history civilian populations and political rulers have talked of peace. We have never been free of war. The soldier, whose profession is war,…

— Barry Goldwater

Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be…

— Ronald Reagan

Throughout my career, I learned plenty about war on the battlefield, but I learned even more about the importance of finding peace. And that…

— Colin Powell

War is, in fact, an extension of politics, and in any war, military operations have to be conducted in such a way that they…

— H. R. McMaster

In a time when our nation is engaged in multiple, long-term wars, it's critical that "the military" not become an abstraction to the vast…

— James M Strock

The people who are sending our men and women in uniform into conflict need to understand that there are some things worth fighting for,…

— MJ Hegar

Sometimes we want to engage in a war for financial reasons, for strategic reasons, for moral reasons, for all sorts of reasons, and it's…

— Rory Kennedy

Every nation has its prestigious military academies - or so few of them - that reach not only the virtues of peace but also…

— Elie Wiesel

War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself, as my generation learned at its school desks in the days…

— Gustav Heinemann

If we can cultivate in the world the idea that aggressive war-making is the way to the prisoner's dock rather than the way to…

— Robert H. Jackson