The first way to lose a state is to neglect the art of war; the first way to gain a state is to be skilled in the art of war.

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

War is not so to be avoided, but is only deferred to your disadvantage.

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

War should be the only study of a prince. he should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.

The slaughterhouse where we had been locked up at night as prisoners of war.

I'm not going to say I was opposed to the vietnam war. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights.

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.

There is always inequality in life. some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. life is unfair.

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.

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