Life Quote by Winston Churchill

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if…

— Winston Churchill

Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity when it…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Selfishness is unnecessary. War is obsolete.

— R. Buckminster Fuller

“nothing is more difficult in war than to adhere to a single strategic plan” and to resist the “constant temptation to desert the chosen…

— Rick Atkinson

War should be not a war of choice; it should be a war of necessity. And it should be a last resort.

— John F. Kerry

“war is not so to be avoided, but is only deferred to your disadvantage”

— Niccolò Machiavelli

Deplorable practices adopted during the last century were repeatedly declared necessary if regrettable in order to win the war. Oddly enough, we've yet to…

— Jack Campbell

Whenever you have a possibility of going in two ways, either for peace or for war, for peaceful methods of for military methods, in…

— George F. Kennan

For sure, there are times when one may have no choice but to go to war, but it is never something to rush to…

— John F. Kerry

“you ought never to suffer your designs to be crossed in order to avoid war, since war is not so to be avoided, but…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

— Sun Tzu