Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
~Carl Sandburg

War is hell.
~William Tecumseh Sherman

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
~Albert Einstein

The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky.
~Solomon Short

When war is declared, Truth is the first casualty.
~Arthur Ponsonby

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
~Edmund Burke

Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.
~John Parker

There is a time for all things, a time to preach and a time to pray, but those times have passed away. There is a time to fight, and that time has now come.
~Peter Muhlenberg

Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.
~Napoleon Bonaparte

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

Only two great groups of animals indulge in highly organized mass warfare. Men, and ants.
~Charles H. Maskins

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
~Ulysses S. Grant

There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom.
~Andrew B. Law

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
~Winston Churchill