War & Conflict Sayings

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

To conquer fate, one must not be afraid of death.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

The atom bomb is a coward's weapon.

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it.

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.

They detest war as a very brutal thing, and which, to the reproach of human nature, is more practiced by beasts than by men.

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

The greatest evil is war.

Men who don't have deadly weapons in every room in their house are pussies.

Secrecy, being a weapon of injustice, is never to be endured.

My chief task has been to conquer fear.

You know how to win a victory, Hannibal, but not how to use one.

One who is benevolent has no enemy.

The general of the army is the last man to know what is going on.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

The human race has only one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

I would rather have the Muslims blame me for fighting than have them blame me for abandoning jihad.

The order of the world rests on the sword, and the sword's sharpness depends on the treasury.