228 Quotes About Warfare

The ultimate way to fight is to seem not to fight all

War is war,” he said simply. “People aren’t nations, even though they may wish it. No matter what happens, war will continue, and people will die. But where I stand now, I can try to limit the latter as best I can.

To pretend to ignore the enemy is the best way to seduce the enemy

Being a soldier or a police officer is one of the most common veils with which a person hides their thirst for killing people, or certain people.

Making love instead of war is likely to lead to an even bigger population, which is likely to lead to wars.

In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast.

Nonviolent action on behalf of justice is no automatic forumla with promise of success: but neither is war. After all, at least half of the people who go to war for some cause deemed worthy of it are defeated.

If the tradition which claims that war may be justified does not also admit that it could be unjustified, the affirmation is not morally serious. A Christian who prepares the case for a justified war without being equally prepared for hte negative case has not soberly weighted the prima facie presumption that any violence is wrong until the case for an exception has been made.

As politicians know all too well, even a Government that does not represent the wishes of a people can count on their support once the nation is locked in conflict with an external foe.