Best War Quotes

In war, truth is the first casualty. – Aeschylus

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Nelson Mandela

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. – Sun Tzu

War does not determine who is right, only who is left. – Bertrand Russell

The only way to win a war is to prevent it. – George Marshall

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. – Jose Narosky

War is what happens when language fails. – Margaret Atwood

Victory belongs to the most persevering. – Napoleon Bonaparte

War is hell. – William Tecumseh Sherman

In war, no one wins. – Winston Churchill

The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops – no, but the kind of man the country turns out in a crisis. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. – Ernest Hemingway

War is not about who is right, but about who is left. – Unknown

The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his. – General George S. Patton

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. – Edmund Burke

War is the price of freedom. – Thomas Jefferson

In war, truth is the first casualty. – Archibald MacLeish

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Best War Quotes part 2

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare. – Sun Tzu

War is what happens when diplomacy fails. – John F. Kennedy

The tragedy of war is that it uses man’s best to do man’s worst. – Henry Fosdick

War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory. – Georges Clemenceau

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. – Douglas MacArthur

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. – John Stuart Mill

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. – Winston Churchill

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. – George Washington

There never was a good war or a bad peace. – Benjamin Franklin

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace. – Thomas Mann

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can’t smile, grin. If you can’t grin, keep out of the way till you can. – Winston Churchill

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. – General George S. Patton

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. – Thomas Jefferson

War is the business of barbarians. – Napoleon Bonaparte

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. – Sun Tzu

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can’t smile, run. – Unknown

War is the unfolding of miscalculations. – Barbara Tuchman

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. – Napoleon Bonaparte

War is too important to be left to the politicians. – General Douglas MacArthur

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading. – Thomas Hardy

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. – Jimmy Carter

The most persistent sound in war is the beating of drums. – Unknown

War is a conflict of ideas, not just of weapons. – Unknown

War is a gamble, and you don’t always get to choose your cards. – Unknown

War is cruel, and it cannot be refined. – Sun Tzu

In war, there are no winners, only survivors. – Unknown

Wars are not fought for principles, but for resources. – Unknown