Total War Quotes - Page 2

• I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.

  Benjamin Franklin

  War, Thinking, Has Beens

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1817). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.107

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  Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.

  William Wordsworth

  War, Mind, World

  William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth”, p.554

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• War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

  Desiderius Erasmus

  Peace, Military, War

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• Even the bravest cannot fight beyond his power

  Homer

  Fighting

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• The good die first, and they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, burn to the socket.

  William Wordsworth

  Death, Summer, Heart

  'The Excursion' (1814) bk. 1, l. 500

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• It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking.

  Ron Paul

  War, Banking, Coincidence

  Chris Rossini, Ron Paul (2014). “Set Money Free: What Every American Needs To Know About The Federal Reserve”, p.116, Lulu.com

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• Lastly, the great uncertainty of all data in War is a peculiar difficulty, because all action must, to a certain extent, be planned in a mere twilight, which in addition not unfrequently — like the effect of a fog or moonshine — gives to things exaggerated dimensions and an unnatural appearance.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  War, Twilight, Data

  "On War".

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• Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

  William Wordsworth

  War, Suffering, Without Hope

  William Wordsworth (1837). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England, Now First Published with His Works ...”, p.383

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• The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

  Duke of Wellington

  Fear, War

  Quoted in Philip Henry Stanhope, Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington (1888) (entry for 3 Nov. 1831) See Francis Bacon 7; Montaigne 4; Franklin Roosevelt 6; Thoreau 16

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

  George Washington

  War, 4th Of July, Enemy

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• Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.

  George Washington

  Military, War, 4th Of July

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• God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

  Voltaire

  God, Military, War

  "Great Thinkers Great Thoughts: One Thought Can Change Your World". Book published by Tejgyan Global Foundation, 2015.

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• The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Dream, Perfect, Enemy

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• The most certain way of ensuring victory is to march briskly and in good order against the enemy, always endeavouring to gain ground.

  Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

  Veterans Day, War, Order

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• Wars are just to those to whom they are necessary.

  Edmund Burke

  War

  "Reflections on the Revolution in France" by Edmund Burke, 1790.

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• Kill them all, God will recognise his own.

  Arnaud Amalric

  War, Gods Will, Recognise

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• Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

  Thucydides

  Self Esteem, Self Respect, Self Control

  "History of the Peloponnesian War".

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• To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

  Sun Tzu

  Peace, War, Fighting

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.11, Lulu.com

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• None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.

  John Milton

  Love, Freedom, Men

  The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649)

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• The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.

  Sun Tzu

  Strength, Peace, War

  "The Art of War". Chapter III: Strategic Attack. Translated by Chow-Hou Wee, 2003.

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• The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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• Is this dying? Is this all? Is this what I feared when I prayed against a hard death? Oh, I can bear this! I can bear this!

  Cotton Mather

  War, Dying, Bears

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• In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.

  Douglas MacArthur

  War, Victory, Substitutes

  Congressional Record 19 Apr. 1951, vol. 97, pt. 3, p. 4125

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• His heart, the war. Her face, the battlefield.

  Rick Yancey

  War, Heart, Faces

  Rick Yancey (2013). “The 5th Wave”, p.135, Penguin

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• To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.

  Samuel Johnson

  Country, War, Rich Countries

  Samuel Johnson (1810). “The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An essay on his life and genius”, p.354

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