60+ Best War Quotes And Sayings

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War is a state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country.

1. A bad peace is even worse than war
Tacitus
A bad peace is even worse than war - Tacitus

2. All the gods are dead except the god of war.
Eldridge Cleaver
All the gods are dead except the god of war - Eldridge Cleaver

3. All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.
John Steinbeck
All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal - John Steinbeck

4. All war is based on deception.
Anonymous
All war is based on deception

5. All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.
Francois Fenelon
All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers - Francois Fenelon

6. Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
Otto von Bismarck
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war - Otto von Bismarck

7. Appear weak when you are strong and strong when you are weak.
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Appear weak when you are strong and strong when you are weak - Sun Tzu, The Art of War

8. War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
Bertrand Russell
War does not determine who is right - only who is left - Bertrand Russell

9. During the war people do not get sick.
Anonymous
During the war people do not get sick

10. For what can war, but endless war, still breed?
John Milton
For what can war, but endless war, still breed? - John Milton

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

12. I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones - Albert Einstein

13. I suggest you to do war but never love because in war either you live or you die. But in love neither you live nor you die.
Adolf Hitler
I suggest you to do war but never love because in war either you live or you die. But in love neither you live nor you die - Adolf Hitler

14. If we don't end war, war will end us.
H. G. Wells
If we don't end war, war will end us - H. G. Wells

15. If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
Anonymous
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles

16. In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
Herodotus
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons - Herodotus

17. In time of peace prepare for war.
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
In time of peace prepare for war - Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

18. It is the rule in war, if ten times the enemy's strength, surround them; if five times, attack them, if double, be able to divide them,if equal,engage them,if fewer, ..
Anonymous
It is the rule in war, if ten times the enemy's strength, surround them; if five times, attack them, if double, be able to divide them,if equal,engage them,if fewer, ...

19. It may safely be asserted that the art of war will soon be reduced to a simple question of …
William Winwood Reade
It may safely be asserted that the art of war will soon be reduced to a simple question of ... - William Winwood Reade

20. Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
Sun Tzu
Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories - Sun Tzu

21. Love is like war….easy to start… difficult to end… and impossible to forget.
Anonymous
Love is like war....easy to start... difficult to end... and impossible to forget

22. Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
Anonymous
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind

23. May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.
George Patton
May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't - George Patton

24. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
Albert Einstein
Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war - Albert Einstein

25. Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.
Herbert Hoover
Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die - Herbert Hoover

26. Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Plato
Only the dead have seen the end of war - Plato

27. Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the …
Arrian
Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the ... - Arrian

28. Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.
Anonymous
Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move

29. Sometimes we need to lose the small battles in order to win the war.
Anonymous
Sometimes we need to lose the small battles in order to win the war.

30. The only defensible war is a war of defense.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
The only defensible war is a war of defense - Gilbert K. Chesterton

31. The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war - Ralph Waldo Emerson

32. The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
Douglas MacArthur
The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war - Douglas MacArthur

33. The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Sun Tzu
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting - Sun Tzu

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

35. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
Leo Tolstoy
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time - Leo Tolstoy

36. The war in Vietnam is but a symptom of a far deeper malady within the American spirit.
Martin Luther King Jr
The war in Vietnam is but a symptom of a far deeper malady within the American spirit - Martin Luther King Jr.

37. The war never ends, it rests.
Anonymous
The war never ends, it rests

38. There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.
Anonymous
There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it

39. There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
Benjamin Franklin
There was never a good war, or a bad peace - Benjamin Franklin

40. To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace
George Washington
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace - George Washington

41. To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better than to destroy them. For to win one …
Sun Tzu
To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better than to destroy them. For to win one ... - Sun Tzu

42. Unless we make our shadows conscious, they will continue to be projected out onto the world. War is nothing more than two sides, each projecting their shadow …
Teal Swan
Unless we make our shadows conscious, they will continue to be projected out onto the world. War is nothing more than two sides, each projecting their shadow ... - Teal Swan

43. War – An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will
George Washington
War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will - George Washington

44. War can´t kill love. Love can kill war
Helene Lagerberg
War can´t kill love. Love can kill war - Helene Lagerberg

45. War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
Anonymous
War does not determine who is right - only who is left

46. War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can
Winston Churchill
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can - Winston Churchill

47. War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over
William Tecumseh Sherman
War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over - William Tecumseh Sherman

48. War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it
Desiderius Erasmus
War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it - Desiderius Erasmus

49. War is fear cloaked in courage
William Westmoreland
War is fear cloaked in courage - William Westmoreland

50. War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms
Niccolo Machiavelli
War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms - Niccolo Machiavelli

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

52. War is the science of destruction
John Abbott
War is the science of destruction - John Abbott

53. War is what happens when language fails
Mark Twain
War is what happens when language fails - Mark Twain

54. War never changes. Men do, through the roads they walk.
Anonymous
War never changes. Men do, through the roads they walk

55. We must take advantage of the victory in the anti-Japanese War to win our war against the Communist bandits, once for all
Bai Chongxi
We must take advantage of the victory in the anti-Japanese War to win our war against the Communist bandits, once for all - Bai Chongxi

56. We that have seen war never stop seeing it.
Anonymous
We that have seen war never stop seeing it

57. Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits
Sun Tzu
Who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits - Sun Tzu

58. Winning the peace is harder than winning the war
Xavier Becerra
Winning the peace is harder than winning the war - Xavier Becerra

59. You Cannot Invade Mainland America. There Would Be A Rifle Behind Every Blade Of Grass
Isoroku Yamamoto
You Cannot Invade Mainland America. There Would Be A Rifle Behind Every Blade Of Grass - Isoroku Yamamoto

60. War is hell.
Anonymous
War is hell

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