War Quotes

"In war, the moral dimension is often more important than the physical."

"A military commander who forgets the cost of war becomes dangerous to peace."

"The cost of war should be counted not merely in treasure, but in conscience."

"War is what happens when dialogue becomes impossible and tolerance dies."

"The whole of the Balkans is not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier."

"The art of war is the art of concentration."

"The most dangerous enemy is the one you underestimate."

"A soldier's greatest weapon is his mind."

"The greatest victory is the one that costs the least blood."

"The machine gun is a defensive weapon and cannot be used for purposes of attack."

"The art of warfare is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving."

"The frontline soldiers are the ones who ultimately decide the outcome of battle."

"Wars are won in the planning stage before the first shot is fired."

"Speed is the essence of war; carry it to the utmost limit."

"One must respect the enemy while preparing to destroy him."

"War reveals humanity at both its worst and, paradoxically, at its most noble."

"No plan survives first contact with the enemy."

"The only thing certain in war is uncertainty."

"War is the realm of uncertainty; three-quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty."

"War is the continuation of politics by other means."

"A long war is the defeat of every nation."

"War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it."

"You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will."

"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but boys, it is all hell."

"The South wanted war, and a plenty of it, and they have got it."

"We are not only fighting hostile armies, but a hostile people."

"War proves that civilization is fragile."

"War should only be undertaken for the highest moral reasons."

"Victory comes not from the sword alone, but from the spirit of those who wield it."

"Every decision made in war echoes through generations of peace."