Inspirational Quotes on War

“Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.”

“If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.”

“Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.”

“Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.”

“My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.”

“To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.”

“War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.”

“I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.”

“I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.”

“The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.”

“Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!”

“The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history.”

“It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.”

“The war is not won on the battlefield; it is won in the boot camp.”

“What! At peace with the Father, and at war with His Children? It cannot be.”

“There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.”

“To labor to be acquainted with the ways, wiles, methods, advantages, and occasions of the success of sin, is the beginning to this warfare.”

“Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.”

“Would we send our daughters off to have sex if it would benefit our country? Yet, we send our sons off to kill when we think it would benefit our country!”

“War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity; it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.”