War Quotes

"In the midst of this war, the most alarming circumstance is that the public funds are not adequate to supply the armies."

"Our enemies are not merely contending for cities and countries, but for the establishment of despotism on the ruins of liberty."

"The weight of command grows heavier with each decision that costs lives."

"In the calculus of war, victory and defeat are often separated by a single decision."

"To command is to accept that some of your orders will lead men to their deaths."

"In the crucible of war, men discover who they truly are beneath the surface."

"War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen and unsupposed circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end."

"Terror is not a word to be used lightly in the English language."

"Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations."

"In the heat of conflict, a man discovers who he truly is."

"Armies are kept in idleness in times of peace."

"The truth is that all nations undervalue the relative force of military establishments."

"Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war."

"War is the failure of diplomacy and the triumph of despair."

"In the fog of war, clarity of conscience becomes a man's only compass."

"The battlefield reveals what the drawing room conceals about a man's character."

"The greatest strategist may fail when his own resolve betrays him."

"A man may change his uniform but not the flag upon his heart."

"The present war is a war against all nature, and if those who rashly and ignorantly bring it on are the first to fall victims to it, it is no more than justice."

"War is the last resort of those who have failed at reason and negotiation."

"War scars the land and the soul; let us exhaust all other options first."

"Wars against public opinion cannot be long supported."

"The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home."

"The ultimate arbiter of disputes between nations is force."

"I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration and support and defend these states."

"Wars are the harvests of governments."

"I would not have joined the British army to fight against the Americans."

"War is the gambling table of governments."

"A standing military force is a standing invitation to war."

"Armies are the wheels of war; supplies are the sinews."