War does not determine who is right – only who is left.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

War does not decide who is right but who is left.

No one wins in war, they just lose at different speeds.

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.

War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

The first casualty when war comes is truth.

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.

You can’t say civilization don’t advance… for every war, they kill you a new way.

The folly of war is that it can have no natural end except in the extinction of one party.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Nobody wins in a war. It is true about every war ever fought, every battle ever fought.

War is a racket. It always has been.

War is a grave affair of state it is a place of life and death, a road to survival and extinction, a matter to be pondered carefully.

War would end if the dead could return.

There’s no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.

The scars of battle are not only on the flesh, but also on the mind and soul, lingering long after the guns have fallen silent.

No one hates war like a soldier hates it, for it is he who must bear its deepest wounds and scars.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

The quickest way to end a war is to lose it.

If we don’t end war, war will end us.

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.

War is hell, but that’s not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love.

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.

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

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we might grow too fond of it.

Never was so much owed by so many to so few.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

One must change one’s tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one’s superiority.

The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin.

We make war that we may live in peace.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die.

In war, victory is not final and losing is not fatal it is the courage to continue that counts.

All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers… Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.

War does not determine who is right, only who is left.

Peace is cheaper than war.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

Victory comes at a price.

War is the realm of uncertainty.

Old men declare war, but youth must fight.

War is easy to start, hard to end.

Soldiers bear the cost of conflict.

Fight for peace, not for victory.

No war is won alone.

Battles leave scars, seen and unseen.

Hate is the seed of war.

Fear wins battles, strategy wins wars.

Bravery is the answer to fear.

In war, wisdom may preserve lives.

Weapons change, war remains the same.

War, the great equalizer of destinies.

Every war has its innocent victims.

Freedom often wears a warrior’s face.

Valor shines brightest in dark times.

Lead with honor in times of war.

Unity is strength on the battlefield.

War wounds heal, memories linger.

Courage must not wane with the sun.

War’s glory is an illusion.

Conflict thrives where empathy fails.

Heroes rise from the ashes of war.

Silence is a soldier’s loudest cry.

Conquest without contribution is hollow.

Fortune favors the bold in battle.

Defeat reveals the true warrior.

In war’s shadow, peace must bloom.

Strife begets only loss and ruin.

Endure today to thrive tomorrow.

Fields of war, seeds of hope.

Struggle molds the soldier’s spirit.

War tests the heart’s resolve.

Diplomacy’s failures birth battles.

Every battle decides its own victor.

Sacrifice is the currency of war.

War echoes through history’s halls.

Terror is the tool of tyrants.

Chaos of war breeds strength.

War teaches harsh lessons.

Brothers in arms, united by fate.

War’s shadow touches all.

Strategy outweighs brute force.

A warrior knows both fear and duty.

Conflict creates and crushes kings.

Lives spent, freedom bought.

Even victors bear war’s scars.

The price of peace is vigilance.

Comradeship is born in combat.

Heroism transcends the battlefield.

Resilience is the soldier’s creed.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.

You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.

It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

War does not determine who is right – only who is left.

The military don’t start wars. Politicians start wars.

When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

If we don’t end war, war will end us.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

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

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

War: a massacre of people who don’t know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don’t massacre each other.

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.