War Quotes

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

"We must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of our fathers is all that is left us."

"Are the military and naval establishments now on foot competent to the purposes of maintaining the rights of the people?"

"I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of our fathers is all that is left us."

"Gentlemen may cry Peace, Peace—but there is no peace."

"We have no alternative but to fight!"

"I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us into submission?"

"When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation."

"Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war."

"I, John Brown, am now quite certain the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away except with blood."

"The art of war is to improve our forces and employ our strength."

"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood."

"The most successful war seldom pays for its losses."

"In times of tranquility, we must prepare for the tempests of war."

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."

"I wish to say, further, that you had better, all you people at the South, prepare yourselves for a settlement of that question that must come up."

"Violence is the midwife of revolution."

"The spirit of slavery will never depart without struggle."

"Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins."

"Life itself is a warfare between good and evil."

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."

"Munitions of war cannot of themselves accomplish the purposes of war."

"Remember always that the composer of the peace must be ready for war."

"The most successful war is one in which the enemy is so broken that he cannot rise again."

"The use of the gun on the uncivilized inhabitants of any country is necessary."

"There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare."

"The cat-and-mouse game is no new discovery in the sphere of politics or revolution."

"I was met with the statement, 'Well, you are a martyr.' That is not true; I am not a martyr; I am a prisoner of war."

"The war was not ended by treaties, but by truths."

"War is organized murder, and it is practiced by every nation."