Advantage Quote by Walter Bagehot

War, like all other situations of danger and of change, calls forth the exertion of admirable intellectual qualities and great virtues, and it is…

— William C. Bryant

War is no longer a series of battles, but a test of the strength of the entire nation, its moral strength as well as…

— Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder

War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“The valor of a country may be learned by the bravery of its soldiery, and the general cast of its inhabitants, but confidence of…

— Thomas Paine

In order to bring a nation to support the burdens of maintaining great military establishments, it is necessary to create an emotional state akin…

— John Foster Dulles

“War seems to be ingrained in human nature, and even to be regarded as something noble to which man is inspired by his love…

— Immanuel Kant

War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.

— Alexander Hamilton

War is one of the nation's most honored virtues, and its militaristic values now bear down on almost every aspect of American life.

— Henry Giroux

War is a ritual, a deadly ritual, not the result of aggressive self-assertion, but of self-transcending identification. Without loyalty to tribe, church, flag or…

— Arthur Koestler

War, even in the best state of an army, with all the alleviations of courtesy and honor, with all the correctives of morality and…

— Robert Southey

If we read history with an open mind, we cannot fail to conclude that, among all the military virtues, the energetic conduct of war…

— Carl von Clausewitz

“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that…

— John Stuart Mill