Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes, War Quotes, Past Quotes

But Greece and her foundations are Built below the tide of war, Based on the crystalline sea Of thought and its eternity; Her citizens, imperial spirits, Rule the present from the past, On all this world of men inherits Their seal is set.

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Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.

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Agitate him and ascertain the pattern of his movement.

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The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able to attain everything: so that the desire being always greater than the acquisition, there results discontent with the possession and little satisfaction to themselves from it. From this arises the changes in their fortunes; for as men desire, some to have more, some in fear of losing their acquisition, there ensues enmity and war, from which results the ruin of that province and the elevation of another.

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Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical.

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War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored nor accepted.

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I want to remind you all that in order to fight and win the war, it requires an expenditure of money that is commiserate with keeping a promise to our troops to make sure that they're well paid, well trained, well equipped.

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The secret of war lies in the communications.

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Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?

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When our children and grandchildren look back on this period, one question will overwhelm all the rest: Did we do everything in our power to fight and to win the war on terror? That's the fundamental question this generation faces.

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There is no mistake so great as the mistake of not going on.

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The forces of adversaries are more diminished by the loss of those who flee than of those who are killed.

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These are the six ways of courting defeat - neglect to estimate the enemy's strength; want of authority; defective training; unjustifiable anger; nonobservance of discipline; failure to use picked men.

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There is no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland.

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Ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you tonight in my … chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair gently waved, the Iron Lady of the Western world. Me? A Cold War warrior? … Well, yes — if that is how they wish to interpret my defense of values of freedoms fundamental to our way of life.

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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

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My pacifism is not based on any intellectual theory but on a deep antipathy to every form of cruelty and hatred.

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With regard to precipitous heights, if you are beforehand with your adversary, you should occupy the raised and sunny spots, and there wait for him to come up.

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Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them.

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The presidential office is not a rosewater affair. This is an office in which a man must put on his war paint.

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