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    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.

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Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.

Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.

by Anonymous Found in: War Quotes,
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The inevitableness, the idealism, and the blessing of war, as an
indispensable and stimulating law of development, must be read more

The inevitableness, the idealism, and the blessing of war, as an
indispensable and stimulating law of development, must be
repeatedly emphasized.

by Friedrich Von Bernhardi Found in: War Quotes,
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'What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think read more

'What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think I should have been told. I'll be damned,' he said defiantly, 'if they shall have a war without consulting me. What's a cabinet for, if there's not more mutual confidence than that? What do they want a war for anyway?'

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Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.

by Dame Rebecca West Found in: War Quotes,
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We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a read more

We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a matter of life or death, a matter of living or existing. We have to be ready to face the challenges that await us.

by Gamel Abdel Nasser Found in: War Quotes,
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In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.... Secondly, a read more

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.... Secondly, a just cause.... Thirdly ... a rightful intention.

by Saint Thomas Aquinas Found in: War Quotes,
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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.

by Edmund Burke Found in: War Quotes,
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We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.

by Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Found in: War Quotes,
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War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

by Thomas Mann Found in: War Quotes,
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