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Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.
Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with read more
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.
War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.
As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on read more
As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
He who flies at the right time can fight again.
[Lat., Celuy qui fuit bonne heure
Peut read more
He who flies at the right time can fight again.
[Lat., Celuy qui fuit bonne heure
Peut combattre derechef.]
There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so read more
There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.
Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.