Benito Mussolini Quotes

War is about remaking the world to suit the whims of some powerful group over the whims of some other powerful group. The dead are just the sparks that fly from the metal as they grind it down.

Men who fight wars in winter don't live till spring.

War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.

I think I have great knowledge of - for military, and I think I have better vision for Syria than a lot of the so-called great military geniuses that are saying how to fight the war with Syria. In my opinion, they're doing just the opposite. Are we going to start World War III over Syria? Are we going to be there for the next 40 years?

War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.

As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.

In war, where imperfect intelligence, the threat of a catastrophe, and the number of accidents are incomparably greater than any other human endeavor, the amount of missed opportunities, so to speak, is therefore bound to be greater.

I think that if you don't think we're in a war that you can't win the war.

Surely no one would ever use such a weapon against a city." "There are no limits in war," Volger said, still staring out the window.

Warfare is the father of all good things, it is also the father of good prose!

Many, who should know better, think that wars can be decided by soulless machines, rather than by the blood and anguish of brave men.

War ... a reversal of the rules where a man is permitted to kill all the humans he can.

Ares ever loves to pluck all the fairest flower of an armed host.

In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.

Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.

I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a news event, but an indictment of war - the brutal corrupting viciousness of its doing to the minds and bodies of men; and, that my photographs might be a powerful emotional catalyst to the reasoning which would help this vile and criminal stupidity from beginning again.

Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.

There is no working middle course in wartime.

States organized for war will make war as surely as hens will lay eggs.

Never get involved in a land war in Asia.

In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.

The only time in the history of the world that we have had any extended periods of peace is when there has been a balance of power. It is when one nation becomes infinitely more powerful in relation to its potential competitors that the danger of war arises.

War is a matter of vital importance to the state.

Just wage a total war against these tyrants; I think we will do very well and our children will sing great songs about us years from now.

Cutting down the enemy is the way of strategy, and there is no need for many refinements of it.