More quotations tagged with “war”
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
—W. L. George
One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'.
—Thomas Mann
Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.
—Theodore Roosevelt
It is well that war is so terrible—otherwise we would grow too fond of it.
—Solomon Short
Either war is obsolete or men are.
—Winston Churchill