War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy. - Will Durant
Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.
If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.
Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both. - John F. Kennedy
No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle. - John F. Kennedy
Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone. - John F. Kennedy
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. - John F. Kennedy
There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever. - Thomas Edison
Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching. - George S Patton
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers? - Victor Hugo
In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful. - Leo Tolstoy
War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves. - Leo Tolstoy
War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it. - Leo Tolstoy
The government may change faces from time to time, but it's not like we fight wars for democracy - we fight wars for capitalism and for oil. - Woody Harrelson
We've killed a million Iraqis since the start of the Gulf war - mostly by blocking humanitarian aid. - Woody Harrelson
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