Famous Quotes About war

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.

There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.

An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace.