History Quote by Sean Chercover

“Battles have been won or lost for centuries without winning or losing what they were ostensibly fought for.”

— priscilla Smith Robertson

“A long while ago, a great warrior faced a situation which made it necessary for him to make a decision which insured his success…

— Napoleon Hill

“The poets, when they speak of war, talk of the shield wall, they talk of the spears and arrows flying, of the blade beating…

— Bernard Cornwell

“Guns aren't just history's props and agents: they're history itself, spinning alternate futures in their chamber, hurling the present from their barrel, casting aside…

— Tom McCarthy

“But though towards the end of the battle the men felt all the horror of their actions, though they would have been glad to…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Men are sheep. Which is why armies and wars are possible. They die victims of their stupid docility.”

— Gabriel Chevallier

“War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle; therefore they take boys from one village and another village;…

— Thomas Carlyle

“Now, sitting among the Biters and getting a glimpse of what battle against humans looked like from their perspective, she began to see things…

— Mainak Dhar

“War is a dumb game thought out by men when they become too old to play cowboys and crooks.”

— Irma Joubert

“There were times, however, when a man had to make a strategic retreat to win the game.”

— Anonymous

“A man who had the legions of the east marching at his back could be bred by a donkey on a mule and the…

— M.C. Scott

“Battles are won by men. Wars are won by strategists.”

— Michael Scott