Memorial Day Sayings

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The coming of the wireless era will make war impossible, because it will make war ridiculous.

War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.

The strength of a nation is not in its military might but in the unity of its people.

The strength of a nation lies in its warriors.

I've tried not to sacrifice things for success. I never did anything that could hurt my children.

A good general does not fight with his troops, but with his strategy. A good king does not govern with his strength, but with his virtue.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

I have been a soldier for twenty years, and in all that time, I have never seen a man so brave as to be afraid of a woman.

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

I'm a warrior. I fight for what I believe in.

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

I believe in the American dream, but I also believe that it's a dream that has to be fought for.

I don't want to be remembered as a great baseball player. I want to be remembered as a man who fought for what he believed in.

I've always been a fighter. I've always fought for what I believe in.

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as any act on a battlefield.

The entire party, the entire army and all the people should wage an all-out struggle to achieve a fresh victory in the socialist construction.

We must thoroughly implement the Party's military line and constantly strengthen the revolutionary armed forces.

It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families.

Let us examine our attitude toward peace itself. Too many of us think it is impossible. But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief. It leads to the conclusion that war is inevitable—that mankind is doomed—that we are gripped by forces we cannot contro…