Warfare Quotes

War yet shall be, but warriors are now operatives; war's made less grand than peace.

...the world was trying to change its old face and show its underbelly of earth and roots.

All Welsh knew was that he was scared shitless, and at the same time was afflicted with a choking go...

As a revolutionary people, we Americans won a probable victory over the best and biggest army in the...

Modern warfare wasn't supposed to have this much blood in it. The weapons were supposed to cook ever...

In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind y...

The missile crisis "was the most dangerous moment in human history," Arthur Schlesinger commented in...

....harmony that would fittingly imitate the utterances and accents of a brave man who is engaged in...

It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.

He wins his battles by making no mistakes.Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of vi...

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when usin...

He had conquered murder only to be faced with war. There were no laws for that.

This revolutionary idea of Western citizenship—replete with ever more rights and responsibilities—wo...

…having once seen him put forth his strength in battle, methinks I could know him again among a thou...

As bronze may be much beautified by lying in the dark damp soil, so men who fade in dust of warfare ...

What passing bells for these who die as cattle?Only the monstrous anger of the guns.Only the stutter...

In a world gushing blood day and night, you never stop mopping up pain.

We maintain, on the contrary, that war is simply a continuation of political intercourse, with the a...

Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq could be very costly,...

The heart beneath the breastbone pumping. The blood on its appointed rounds. Life in small places, n...

Waiting for a battle was the hardest part. Unless you got a dagger in your gut during the battle. Th...

People generally don’t suffer high rates of PTSD after natural disasters. Instead, people suffer fro...

Fight ever on: this earthly stuff If used God’s way will be enough. Face to the firing line o friend...

I sometimes try to imagine what would have happened if we’d known the bonobo first and the chimpanze...