Sadao Araki Quotes

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

Those who prepare for war get it.

I think the President ought to bring everybody that's in American uniform back because we're headed for war.

As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time. Since the Iraq conflict began, the Army has been pressing ahead to produce the armor necessary at a rate that they believe - it's a greatly expanded rate from what existed previously, but a rate that they believe is the rate that is all that can be accomplished at this moment.

Among the many interesting objects which will engage your attention that of providing for the common defense will merit particular regard. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

The most important thing you need to know about the Pentagon is that it is not in charge of today's wars but rather tomorrow's wars.

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.

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

In time of peace prepare for war.

The firmest security of peace is the preparation during peace of the defenses of war.

The Commonwealth of Venice in their armoury have this inscription, "Happy is that city which in time of peace thinks of war.

We can live without butter, but not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter, but with guns.

We don't want to fight, But, by Jingo, if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men We've got the money too.

We have to prepare for the worst, and the worst is war.

Defense is the first act of war.

I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die: it requires careful preparation.

You have to decide in advance whether you're ready go to war. If you guys are ready to send a million troops into Ukraine and fight World War III, you're going to do it without my support because I think that's a really foolish notion.

In peace, a wise man makes preparations for war.

It lies upon the people's shoulders to prepare for the war, but it lies upon the Israeli army to carry out the fight with the ultimate object of erecting the Israeli Empire.

How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments of every hostile nation? The means of security can only be regulated by the means and the danger of attack. They will, in fact, be ever determined by these rules, and by no others . . . . If one nation maintains constantly a disciplined army, ready for service of ambition or revenge, it obliges the most pacific nations who may be within the reach of its enterprises to take corresponding precautions.

We can't be fighting the last war. We have to be preparing to fight the new war.

The only hope of a short war is to prepare for a long one.

Think of Iraq as "East Korea," because it was a shoot the cuffs war for the edification of Kim Jong Il to let him know we've now circled the SUVs. Iraq was about breaking adhesions, getting lean, staying frosty - in short, getting ready for the big Doug MacArthur Memorial Cage Match to come.

Isn't it strange how the leaders of nations can talk so eloquently about peace while they prepare for war? ... There is no way to make peace while preparing for war.