Quotes
Quotes about War
I simple cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it afterwards.
And I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware Necessity doth front the universe With an invincible gesture.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred toward any one.
Who fears to speak of Ninety-Eight? Who blushes at the name? When cowards mock the patriot's fate, Who hangs his head for shame?
That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the runs of Iona.
We, that would be known The father of our people, in our study, And vigilance for their safety, must not change Their ploughshares into swords, and force them from The secure shade of their own vines, to be Scorched with the flames of war.
Where's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land?
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have.
Iraq is an unjust war. (spoken on the Diane Rehm Show twice.. stated in articles written for NY Times.. printed in USA Today).
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war. [Lat., Iniquissimam pacem justissimo bello antefero.]
War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]
For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war. [Lat., Mihi enim omnis pax cum civibus bello civili utilior videbatur.]
A severe war lurks under the show of peace. [Lat., Mars gravior sub pace latet.]
O for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade; Where rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Such subtle covenants shall be made, Till peace itself is war in masquerade.
Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.
Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war.
Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
There never was a good war or a bad peace.
