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. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
In time of war, truth is always replaced by propaganda.
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 devastating, and it leaves its scars for generations.
As I’ve said repeatedly over the last few years, the war on coal was not a result of anything Congress passed; there was no legislation.
I extend my deepest gratitude to our Armed Forces and first responders serving both at home and abroad in the war against terrorism.
We can have a new vision, one even greater than the system they gave us after World War II. Everyone can pursue happiness and freedom and peace.
I don’t have an end game. Being a celestial being, I live for the moment to fight the Great War, and that is to light the darkness.
War’s not black and white; it’s gray. If you don’t fight in the gray area, you’re going to lose.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, decisions made by President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev could have plunged both countries into thermonuclear war.
I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process.
Death created the modern American union, not just by ensuring national survival, but by shaping enduring national structures and commitments. The work of death was Civil War America’s most fundamental and most demanding undertaking.
We all want a world without war, without conflict, without human suffering.
In 1940, President Roosevelt called on American industry to become the ‘great arsenal of democracy.’ Automotive manufacturers in Michigan responded and converted their assembly lines from cars to tanks and helped America win World War II.
The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics.
I made ‘Saving Private Ryan’ for my father. He’s the one who filled my head with war stories when I was growing up.
I am against all war.
The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe’s great achievements – liberty, peace and prosperity – as a given.
Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge.
After the war, Germany fully confessed to all its dirty tricks. It’s necessary to is draw a line under the past, even if people did something evil. Until we do, wounds won’t heal.
Sometimes I think war is God’s way of teaching us geography.
