Quotes about War, page 16

An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

Quote by Thomas Paine about war

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.

Quote by Thomas Paine about war

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death.

Quote by Thomas Paine about war

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.

Quote by Thomas Paine about war

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end, it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.

Quote by Thomas Paine about war

Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression, our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about war

War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.

Quote by Gilbert Parker about war

A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand.

Quote by Francis Parkman about war

Although I voted against the initial resolution approving the war in Iraq, I have consistently voted to support our troops with much-needed armor and supplies.

Quote by Ed Pastor about war

The moral equation strongly tells everyone who understands freedom, who understands morality, that Israel is engaging in a just war in defense of its people and its freedom.

Quote by George Pataki about war

I started using Finale at version 1.0 when it first came out in c. 1988.

Quote by Robert Patterson about war

In an organic system you don't waste anything. We need to educate the consumer to accept a tiny blemish on an orange.

Quote by Robert Patterson about war

Americans play to win at all times, I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.

Quote by George S. Patton about war

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.

Quote by George S. Patton about war

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

Quote by George S. Patton about war

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

Quote by George S. Patton about war

If the whole world went vegan, there would be less war. How you eat determines your mood and your outlook on life.

Quote by Alexandra Paul about war

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about war

War is a defeat for humanity.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about war

Astonishingly, American taxpayers now will be forced to finance a multi-billion dollar jobs program in Iraq. Suddenly the war is about jobs. We export our manufacturing jobs to Asia, and now we plan to export our welfare jobs to Iraq, all at the...

Quote by Ron Paul about war