Going To War Quotes

• Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity.

  David Niven

  War, Humanity, Unselfish Love

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  Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

  Sun Tzu

  Strength, Peace, War

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.57, Shambhala Publications

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• A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Humorous, Next Week

  In B. Adler Churchill Wit (1965) p. 4

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• When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Peace, Hate, War

  "The Quotable Dwight D. Eisenhower". Book edited by Elsie Gollagher, p. 219, 1967.

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• The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars don't just go away, they are only postponed to someone else's advantage. Therefore, they made war with Philip and Antiochus in Greece, in order not to have to fight them in Italy... They never went by that saying which you constantly hear from the wiseacres of our day, that time heals all things. They trusted rather their own character and prudence- knowing perfectly well that time contains the seeds of all things, good as well as bad.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Character

  "The Prince". Book by Niccolò Machiavelli, ch. 3, 1513.

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• A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war: wide-awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. Going to knowledge or going to war in any other manner is a mistake, and whoever makes it might never live to regret it

  Carlos Castaneda

  Spiritual, Respect, Courage

  Carlos Castaneda (2009). “The Wheel Of Time: The Shamans Of Mexico Their Thoughts About Life De”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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• Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it.

  George S. Patton

  War, Home, Want

  Speech to the Third Army on June 05, 1944. "The Unknown Patton". Book by Charles M. Province, p. 32, www.pattonhq.com. 1983.

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• Nothing will end war unless the peoples themselves refuse to go to war.

  Albert Einstein

  War, People, Ends

  "Einstein on Peace".

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• Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out... and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel.... And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for the universal brotherhood of man with his mouth.

  Mark Twain

  Peace, War, Passion

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• War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

  George Orwell

  Country, Money, War

  George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sheila Davison (1998). “The Complete Works of George Orwell: Facing unpleasant facts, 1937-1939”

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• We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together and if we are to live together we have to talk.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Peace, War, Military

  "The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women" by Rosalie Maggio, (p. 156), 1992.

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• Man is the only animal that deals in that atorcity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind.

  Mark Twain

  War, Animal, Men

  Mark Twain (1973). “What Is Man? and Other Philosophical Writings”, p.84, Univ of California Press

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• Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war.

  Robert Higgs

  Peace, War, President

  Robert Higgs (2005). “Resurgence of the Warfare State: The Crisis Since 9/11”, Independent Inst

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• If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road.

  George W. Bush

  Peace, War, World

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• Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war.

  Tony Blair

  Children, War, Generations

  "What to Call Tony: Analysts Review Blair Legacy". Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. June 26, 2007.

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• Going to war is an easy decision.

  Jesse Ventura

  War, Decision, Easy

  "Former governor Jesse Ventura talks about new books ‘Marijuana Manifesto’ and ‘Shit Politicians Say,’ plus much more". Interview with Michelle Tompkins, thecelebritycafe.com. September 1, 2016.

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• When a man goes into the ring, he's going to war.

  Marvin Hagler

  War, Men, Rings

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• What if the American people woke up and understood that the official reasons for going to war are almost always based on lies and promoted by war propaganda in order to serve special interests?

  Ron Paul

  Lying, War, Order

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• What you are about to hear is God's word to the men of this nation. We are going to war as of tonight. We have divine power - that is our weapon. We will not compromise. Wherever truth is at risk, in the schools or legislature, we are going to contend for it. We will win.

  Bill McCartney

  War, School, Winning

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• There is one hell of a difference between fighting in the ring and going to war in Vietnam.

  Muhammad Ali

  War, Fighting, Differences

  Twitter post from Jan 15, 2013

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• The 2.4 million bright, brave, incredibly fit and remarkably talented young Americans who have served in our armed forces since we were attacked on 9-11-01 are all volunteers. As General Petraeus put it during a conversation we had in Afghanistan, 'They all came or stayed, knowing they were going to war.' For more than a decade, these patriots and their loved ones have made extraordinary sacrifices for this country. They embody the classical definition of heroes: those who put themselves at risk for the benefit of others.

  Oliver North

  Country, Veterans Day, War

  "The Heroes of 2011" by Oliver North, www.foxnews.com. November 11, 2011.

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• Talking jaw is better than going to war.

  Lord Randolph Churchill

  War, Talking

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• If you're going to war over religion, now you're just getting into a fight over who has the better imaginary friend.

  Richard Jeni

  War, Fighting, Imaginary Friend

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• President Bush said this Iraq situation looks like 'the rerun of a bad movie.' Well sure, there's a Bush in the White House, the economy's going to hell, we're going to war over oil. I've seen this movie, haven't I?

  Jay Leno

  Movie, War, Oil

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• It's odd how those who dismiss the peace movement as utopian, don't hesitate to proffer the most absurdly dreamy reasons for going to war: to stamp out terrorism, install democracy, eliminate fascism, and most entertainingly, to "rid the world of evil-doers.

  Arundhati Roy

  Peace, War, Ubuntu

  Arundhati Roy (2006). “Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire”, p.133, Penguin Books India

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