War Quotes

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
Winston Churchill

Him, Fails, Prisoner

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
Winston Churchill

Wise, Winning, Everything

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.
Thomas Jefferson

Government, Secret, Rights

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
Winston Churchill

Politics, Once, Times

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
George S. Patton

Country, Die, Poor

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.
Thomas Jefferson

Fire, Try, Place

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.
Winston Churchill

Politics, Once, Times

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
Winston Churchill

Peace, Good, Win

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.
Winston Churchill

Politics, Writing, Painting

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
Winston Churchill

Smile, Game, Keep

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
Winston Churchill

Life, Work, Best

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.
Winston Churchill

Politics, May, Times

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
Winston Churchill

Blunders, Catalogue, Mainly

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
Mahatma Gandhi

Peace, Children, Real

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
Oscar Wilde

Long, Popular, Wicked

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.
Thomas Jefferson

Greatest, View, Mankind

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
John F. Kennedy

Power, Corruption, Country

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.
Thomas Jefferson

Successful, Seldom, Losses

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.
Thomas Jefferson

Enough, Wish, Another

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.
Thomas Jefferson

Wrong, Toward, Instrument

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.
George Washington

Peace, Powerful, Insult

Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!
Helen Keller

Against, Strike, Battles

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

God, Teaching, Geography

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
C. S. Lewis

Different, Rest, Listen

I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Best, Win, Last

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