War Quotes

"Nothing can replace the human factor in warfare."

"Wars are not won by defensive operations."

"The best form of defense is a well-executed offense."

"In war, the moral component is as important as the material."

"We are not going to end this war until we have won it."

"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 province of uncertainty. Three quarters of the factors on which action in war depends are hidden more or less in the clouds of great uncertainty."

"The true soldier fights for ideals, not for himself."

"The true soldier fights for something greater than himself."

"War is the only place where a man has to pay the penalty twice for the same crime."

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

"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor bastard die for his."

"In peace, prepare for war. In war, prepare for peace."

"The use of military force must be the instrument of last resort, not first impulse."

"Once the destruction begins, there's no way to control it and no way to foresee where it will end."

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

"I have not the smallest doubt that the credit of this war will eventually rest with the cavalry."

"Beware the military-industrial complex."

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

"War settles nothing."

"Wars are not won by defensive operations."

"In each man there is a potential warrior sleeping. War simply awakens it."

"The true cost of war is measured in generations, not in years."

"Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge."

"Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men."

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

"Wars are won by blood and guts."

"Never in history has the common man been able to stand up against the onslaught of trained soldiers."

"Speed and boldness are the essence of all warfare."

"Violence is the only universal language."