You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war. – Albert Einstein
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose – and you allow him to make war at pleasure. – Abraham Lincoln
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists. – Ernest Hemingway
When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise. – Winston Churchill
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. – George S. Patton
It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. – Thomas Jefferson
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders. – Winston Churchill
As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. – Oscar Wilde
I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind. – Thomas Jefferson
The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. – Thomas Jefferson
I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another. – Thomas Jefferson
War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. – Thomas Jefferson
Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! – Helen Keller
Morality is contraband in war. – Mahatma Gandhi
Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion. – Norman Schwarzkopf
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. – Sun Tzu
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. – George Washington
The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. – George Bernard Shaw
