War Quotes - Page 329

I too acknowledge the all-out omnipotence of early culture and nature; hereby we have either a doddered dwarf-bush, or a high-towering, wide-shadowing tree! either a sick yellow cabbage, or an edible luxuriant green one. Of a truth, it is the duty of all men, especially of all philosophers, to note down with accuracy the characteristic circumstances of their education,--what furthered, what hindered, what in any way modified it.

When I go forwards, you go backwards And somewhere we will meet.

I could blow bubbles. Bubbles would solve any dilemma we face. If bubbles were president there would be no war.

The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages, though it is apt to be also the most terrible and inhuman. The rude, fierce settler who drives the savage from the land lays all civilized mankind under a debt to him. ...[I]t is of incalculable importance that America, Australia, and Siberia should pass out of the hands of their red, black, and yellow aboriginal owners, and become the heritage of the dominant world races.

There is apt to be a lunatic fringe among the votaries of any forward movement.

We must diligently strive to make our young men decent, God-fearing, law-abiding, honor-loving, justice-doing and also fearless and strong.

Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome.

It's going to look pretty good, then, isn't it," said War testily, "the One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocalypse.

Until the day comes when the senseless killing ends, we will all have to fight like wildlife warriors to protect our precious planet.

There are wars, there's pestilence, there are plagues, there is corruption in religious circles, corruption in the government, when was it not?

I don't look for boyfriends, I don't really scour the awards shows for who I'm going to date, but I think love happens when you're not looking for it, and when it happens, I'm not going to be the one to overthink it.

I've become very, very liberal as far as war is concerned. It's just too terrible. I've been to wars and I've seen what happens. I know what it is to be hurt, and it's nothing compared to these guys. To be blind for the rest of your life. To have prosthetic limbs.

What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.

Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.

I think I ought to have some eddication,"said the Wart, "I can't think of anything to do.

Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds

We are all born cowards.

The biggest religious wars and persecutions in history occur when religions, each claiming their own absolute truths, come into conflict.

The ultimate in disposing one's troops is to be without ascertainable shape. Then the most penetrating spies cannot pry in nor can the wise lay plans against you.

So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak. Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.

He whose ranks are united in purpose will be victorious.

Do not press an enemy at bay.

Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy... use the conquered foe to augment one's own strength.

In making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal them.

He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.