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Fighting men are the city's fortress.
Fighting men are the city's fortress.
The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.
The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.
When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.
When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.
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.
I have always said that a conference was held for one reason only, to give everybody chance to get sore read more
I have always said that a conference was held for one reason only, to give everybody chance to get sore at everybody else. Sometimes it takes two or three conferences to scare up a war, but generally one will do it.
Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.
Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. •Hyman Rickover A prisoner of war read more
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. •Hyman Rickover A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him. •Sir Winston Churchill The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on.
It is a fatal error to enter any war without the will to win it. •Douglas MacArthur All read more
It is a fatal error to enter any war without the will to win it. •Douglas MacArthur All great civilisations, in their early stages, are based on success in war. •Kenneth Clark You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. •Jeannette Rankin War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.
