Brad Wenstrup Quotes

I don't object to its being called "McNamara's war." I think it is a very important war and I am pleased to be identified with it and do whatever I can to win it.

Can any church help us to win a war? If you can't help us win a war, then please don't press us.

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory.

You want to win the wars you fight. That’s why you have to pick your wars carefully.

I'm not surprised that people are unsettled because of war. The enemy has got a powerful tool, and that is to get on your TV screen by killing innocent people. And my job is to continue to remind the people it's worth it, we're not going to retreat hastily, and we're not going to pull out of there before the job is done. And we have got a plan for victory.

Before America entered the war [WW2] I knew we could not win it, but after she entered I knew we could not lose

The true lesson of the Vietnam War is: certainty of purpose and ruthlessness of execution win wars.

World War II was a must win.

Both candidates in this election [2004] pledge to end this war and bring our troops home. The great difference - the great difference is that I intend to win it first.

To make war all you need is intelligence. But to win you need talent and material.

One makes war to win, not because it's just.

Most wars are not won in a single battle.

Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.

We are a nation at war. This is also a time for hard choices. It's about ensuring that we are able to prevail in the conflicts in which we are now engaged. But it's also about being able to be strong and disciplined in applying our nation's limited resources to defending America.

If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.

You assume things, like whatever country has more firepower wins the wars, and that's actually not true at all.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about finding things out. The more you know, the more likely you are to win a battle.

The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.

The country is going to ruin for a want of a proper Head to the War Department.

I think that our weakness is understanding that when we go to war, we go to war to win.

I am proud of my service and proud of those who served alongside me. But war is about more than service and sacrifice - it's about winning.