Jacques Pierre Brissot Quotes

You know what I had a problem with? The war - the war in Afghanistan.

Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.

Uncle Sam’s Latest Greatest Shortest War

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism—despotism during the campaign—is indispensable.

Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.

War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.

We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war.

What makes war interesting for Americans is that we don't fight war on our soil, we don't have direct experience of it, so there's an openness about the meanings we give to it.

We all know that in war the political and military factors have to complement each other.

People have a very political way of looking at war, and that's understandable.

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

Among all the upheavals of war with al Qaeda, the surest indicator of the historic stakes is the ongoing rotation of top U.S. government managers - scores at a time - into a bunker deep underground and far from Washington.

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.

The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.

If Scotland and America go to war, I'm afraid I've already sworn in.

Waging an unnecessary war is a grave mistake.

Preemption is the right of any nation in order to preserve its National Security; however, preemptive war is a tactic, not a strategy. When used as a strategy preemption dilutes diplomacy, creates an atmosphere of distrust, and promotes regional instability.

First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war.

What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war.

In our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon – no alternative

There are two things that will always be difficult for a democratic people to do: to start a war and to finish it

The Congress decides when to make war and the President decides how to make war.

I certainly am not willing to involve the country in a foreign war for the object of acquiring Texas.

My home policy? I wage war. My foreign policy? I wage war. Always, everywhere, I wage war.