Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes, War Quotes, Men Quotes

Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.

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Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just.

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The greatest remedy that is used against a plan of the enemy is to do voluntarily what he plans that you do by force.

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The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.

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Go, bid the soldiers shoot.

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Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.

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The foes from whom we pray to be delivered are our own passions, appetites, and follies; and against these there is always need that we should war.

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I would absolutely refuse any direct or indirect war service and would try to persuade my friends to do the same, regardless of the reasons for the cause of a war.

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No catalogue of horrors ever kept men from war. Before the war you always think that it's not you that dies. But you will die, brother, if you go to it long enough.

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The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not be swayed by petty doubts.

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Winning is only important in war and surgery.

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To delight in conquest is to delight in slaughter.

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Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

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Know the enemy, know yourself; your victory will never be endangered. Know the ground, know the weather; your victory will then be total.

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All was there-the programme of German resurrection, the technique of party propaganda; the plan for combating Marxism; the concept of a National-Socialist State; the rightful position of Germany at the summit ofthe world. Here was the new Koran of faith and war: turgid, verbose, shapeless, but pregnant with its message.

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Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity when it is offered.

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Prudence approaches, conscience accuses.

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War should we waged without love of violence, cruelty, or enmity.

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A private should preserve a respectful attitude toward his superiors, and should seldom or never proceed so far as to offer suggestions to his general in the field. If the battle is not being conducted to suit him, it is better for him to resign. By the etiquette of war, it is permitted to none below the rank of newspaper correspondent to dictate to the general in the field.

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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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