War Quotes

"War is politics with the gloves removed."

"War teaches what peace spends lifetimes trying to unlearn."

"War is the failure of all conversation that came before."

"War is the failure of all other forms of communication."

"War is always a failure of the imagination to create peace."

"War teaches what peace forgets and peace forgets what war teaches."

"War is waged by those who profit, not those who suffer."

"Never do an enemy a small injury. Either avoid it entirely or make it so severe that his vengeance need not be feared."

"The greatest deception is to make the enemy believe you are weaker than you actually are."

"Wars are commenced by those who calculate the costs as acceptable."

"Mercenary and auxiliary troops are useless and dangerous to a state."

"To wage war successfully, you must first know yourself and your enemy."

"Success in war depends not on the justice of the cause but on superior force."

"The greatest victory is the one that requires no battle."

"War reveals both the worst and the noblest capacities of men."

"War teaches lessons that peace would prefer remain unlearned."

"War teaches us the value of peace."

"War reveals both the worst and occasionally the best in human nature."

"War is failure; it represents the collapse of all the arts of peace."

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

"A guerra é a confissão do fracasso da civilização."

"A guerra é a admissão do fracasso da diplomacia e da razão."

"War is the failure of imagination to find peace; it is always a defeat."

"War leaves scars that time itself cannot fully heal."

"War is at its best when it is swift and decisive."

"One should never allow a disorder to persist in order to avoid a war, for war is not thereby avoided but only deferred to one's own disadvantage."

"In war, victory belongs not to the righteous but to the strategically superior."

"The successful conquest requires not just military might but the art of winning hearts and minds."

"An enemy defeated but not destroyed will rise again to seek vengeance."

"The art of warfare consists in knowing when to fight and when to negotiate."