Rand Paul Quotes

In war ... diplomacy is the handmaiden of the necessities of the War Office.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

We wanted this war and now we've got it, and I'm not sure that we know what to do with it.

Either a war has to be fought, or it doesn't.

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.

It is easy to get into war, not so easy to get out.

I’m not opposed to all wars; just dumb wars.

War is but an instrument of international policy.

It’s damn easy to get into a war, but damned harder to extricate yourself once you get in.

Nations drift into wars.

War may be an auction for countries. For soldiers it's a lottery.

The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst war in American history... Our military men and women...were not called to defend America but rather to attack Iraq. They were not called to die for, but rather to kill for, their country. What more unpatriotic thing could we have asked of our sons and daughters...?

There is no working middle course in wartime.

I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.

For WAR, consisteth not in Battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the Will to content by Battle is sufficiently known.... So the nature of War, consisteth not in actual fighting; but in the known disposition thereto, during all the time there is no assurance to the contrary. All other time is PEACE.

First, we could have defied both of them and could have gone to war against both of these nations for this violation of international law and interference with our neutral rights.

Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.

It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's better even to call it American self-interest.

As a Korean War Veteran, I know too well the troubling nature of war. This is why I will always support a diplomatic answer before military intervention.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

I think that war is diplomacy by other means, for sure, and there have been wars that have been fought for righteous reasons. There are wars that have had to be fought, and there will probably continue to be.

War is failure of diplomacy.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

It's hard to fight the war when you've got to debate the worthiness of fighting it.

There is no area where experience matters more than in war and diplomacy.