10,941 Quotes About War

Bush spoke of another principle, that a just war must "support a just cause." In the Persian Gulf, he said, "our cause could not be more noble." What nation has ever said its war was not noble?

I believe in civility. But it is not a requirement of civility to pretend there is no war.

When civility is illusory, war is inevitable.

Odd how we focus on studying wars at at school to form our 'education'. No wonder we know so little about making and forging peace as adults.

المصريين الذين استحقوا اللوم في كل العصور سوف يستحقون هذا اللوم دائما إذا إنهزموا فهم جهلاء و لإذا انتصروا فهم خونة

But those were Frenchmen and you can work out military problems clearly when you are fighting in somebody else's country.""Yes," I replied, "when it is your own country you can not use it so scientifically.""The Russians did, to trap Napoleon.""Yes, but they had plenty of country. If you tried to retreat to trap Napoleon in Italy you would find yourself in Brindiri.

There is an alternative to war. It's staying in bed and growing your hair.

Lauriano: – Ehi! … Nonnetto!Nonnetto: – Che c’è, non le piacciono le notizie? … Ne ho degli altri…Lauriano: – Non è quello, solo che è un giornale del 1912! … Io pensavo che vendesse i giornali di oggi! … Guardi qui … 1910, 1910, 1911 … Questo è del 1912! Nonnetto: – Io vendo solo giornali vecchi… … Perché in quelli… … Non si parla della guerra!

For hundreds of years, more than half of the face of this earth has been controlled by European countries and turned in to colonies, and the Europeans have sucked up whatever they could find, brought it all home, and made themselves rich. But not Germany and Japan; they didn’t get anything. But now they have just as much power as any other developed country, and so they are demanding their share. That is the origin of this war, a war between greedy nations.