Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2007-10-07 Oct 5, 2007The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.~ John A. FisherNo bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.~ General George S. Patton, Jr.War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.~ William Tecumseh Sherman Oct 4, 2007There is no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland.~ George W. BushA just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war.~ Sir Francis BaconWe must also go out and meet the enemy before he reaches our shores. We must defeat him before he attacks us, before our cities are laid to waste.~ William Lyon Mackenzie King Oct 3, 2007War is the trade of Kings.~ John Dryden[A] possible further difficulty is cited, namely, that arising from the Constitutional provision that only Congress may declare war. This argument is countered with the contention that a treaty will override this barrier, let alone the fact that our participation in such police action as might be recommended by the international security organization need not necessarily be construed as war.~ Council on Foreign RelationsThe Constitution supposes what the history of all governments demonstrates, that the executive is the branch of power most interested in war and most prone to it. It has accordingly with studied care, vested the question of war in the legislature. [If a president is successful in bypassing the Congress] it is evident that the people are cheated out of the best ingredients in the government, the safeguards of peace which is the greatest of their blessings.~ Richard M. Nixon Oct 2, 2007It would be the greatest mistake, certainly, to think that concessions mean peace. Nothing of the kind. Concessions are nothing but a new form of war.~ Vladimir Ilyich LeninThe war made possible for us the solution of a whole series of problems that could never have been solved in normal times.~ Joseph Paul GoebbelsPolitics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.~ Mao Tse-Tung Oct 1, 2007He who wants peace must prepare for war.~ ClaudiusTo be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.~ George WashingtonWar is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.~ John Stuart Mill Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print