War Quotes

"The greatest strategic error is to underestimate the capacity of one's opponent."

"A state that cannot make war cannot make peace on favorable terms."

"War reveals both the worst and occasionally the best in humanity."

"A guerra nunca resolveu nada, apenas criou mais problemas."

"A guerra deixa apenas ruínas."

"War is the confession that we have failed at civilization."

"War teaches us what peace could never: the value of peace."

"War is the confession of human folly written in blood."

"War is the failure of imagination to create alternatives."

"War is the science of destruction."

"War reveals the failure of language to resolve human differences."

"War is the confession of human failure to resolve conflict through reason."

"A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its organizations and discipline."

"War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms."

"In starting and waging a war it is not right that matters, but success."

"The art of war is a science covered all over with shadows and hints."

"Those who are determined to live by the sword shall die by the sword."

"War leaves scars upon both landscape and spirit."

"War teaches us the value of peace through its terrible lessons."

"War is the failure of all human wisdom and virtue."

"War reveals the worst aspects of human nature."

"War is humanity's greatest failure and most defining achievement."

"War is the failure of every other human endeavor."

"War is the confession of human failure."

"War is the ultimate confession that humanity has failed in the art of peace."

"War is the confession of statecraft's failure, written in blood."

"A guerra nunca resolve, apenas transfere problemas."

"War is the failure of human wisdom and compassion."

"War is the failure of wisdom to resolve the conflicts of men."

"War is the eloquent failure of those who should have been wise."