Avoidance Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It should therefore be difficult in a republic to declare war; but not to make peace.

— Joseph Story

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

— Chief Joseph

Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.

— Raul Castro

When one person can initiate war, by its definition, a republic no longer exists.

— Ron Paul

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

— Niccolò Machiavelli

War has been avoided from a due sense of the miseries, and the demoralization it produces, and of the superior blessings of a state…

— Thomas Jefferson

Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is no such…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.

— Otto von Bismarck

The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on war at…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

One should never permit a disorder to persist in order to avoid a war, for wars cannot be avoided and can only be deferred…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The Republic can count on me to battle its enemies... Offensive war suits the passionate character of the French, but it is the responsibility…

— Tom Reiss