War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.
Ambrose Bierce

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

In war there is no prize for runner-up.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.
Ambrose Bierce

An unjust peace is better than a just war.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

The sinews of war are infinite money.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

In time of war the laws are silent.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Laws are silent in time of war.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.'
Conan O'Brien

The Canadian government continues to say they will not help us if we go to war with Iraq. However, the prime minister of Canada said he'd like to help, but he's pretty sure that last time he checked, Canada had no army.
Conan O'Brien

Officials at the White House are saying that President Bush hasn't changed his schedule much since the war started. The main difference, they say, is that he's started watching the news and taping Sponge Bob.
Conan O'Brien

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
Robert E. Lee

This war is not about slavery.
Robert E. Lee

It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.
Robert E. Lee

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.
Robert E. Lee

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.
Robert E. Lee

Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed.
Mao Tse-Tung