A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.

Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.

Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima.... The force from which the sun draws its power read more

Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima.... The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.

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.

When war is declared, truth is the first casualty.

When war is declared, truth is the first casualty.

There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom.

There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom.

Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.

Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.

War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples read more

War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it. •Benito Mussolini In time of war the first casualty is truth. •Boake Carter Only the defeated and deserters go to war. •Henry David Thoreau All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.