War & Peace Quotes

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

Ernest Hemingway once wrote, 'The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.' I agree with the second part.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?

You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Peace begins with a smile.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do - lose.

When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do - lose.

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

Do not needlessly endanger your lives until I give you the signal.

I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one which I, who have spent so much of my life in the military profession, would have preferred never to use. That new language is the language of atomic warfare.