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A bad peace is even worse than w…

25 Feb , 2014  

A bad peace is even worse than war. Tacitus

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A prisoner of war is a man who t…

5 Jan , 2014  

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

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A war for a great principle enno…

5 Jan , 2014  

A war for a great principle ennobles a nation. A war for commercial supremacy, upon some shallow pretext, is despicable, and more than aught else demonstrates to what immeasurable depths of baseness men and nations can descend. Pike, Albert

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Defense is the stronger form wit…

27 Apr , 2013  

Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, and attack the weaker form with the positive object. von Clausewitz, Carl

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Every government has as much of …

27 Apr , 2013  

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship’s captain has to avoid a shipwreck. de Maupassant, Guy

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For a war to be just three condi…

27 Apr , 2013  

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary – public authority, just cause, right motive. Aquinas, St. Thomas

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Give the enemy not only a road f…

29 May , 2012  

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it. Rabelais

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He that fights and runs away, Ma…

15 Jan , 2012  

He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again. Ray, James

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I know war as few other men now …

18 Oct , 2011  

I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes. MacArthur, Douglas

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In war, when a commander becomes…

4 Mar , 2011  

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. MacArthur, Douglas

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In war there is no prize for run…

4 Mar , 2011  

In war there is no prize for runner-up. Bradley, Omar

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It is only necessary to make war…

3 Mar , 2011  

It is only necessary to make war with five things: with the maladies of the body, with the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city, with the discords of families. Pythagoras