Joseph R. Biden Jr. Quotes

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

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 always an option. Peace is not.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

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

I don’t care what the international lawyers say, we are going to kick some ass.

That was a declaration of war

If I am elected President I will immediately issue an ultimatum to the leaders in Chechnya. If they do not capitulate within 10 days, Chechen villages and the entire Chechnya will be covered with blue clouds of smoke from missiles and projectiles.

I am too realistic to believe in pacifism. But, nevertheless, the use of force should always be the last resort.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions ... but by iron and blood.

Is a military solution the only way to stop nations from doing bad things?

Nations drift into wars.

I'm not opposed to the use of force.

If there is no direct threat why are we invading?

Governments go to war directly or by proxy without declaring war. Force, or threat of force, are constantly used to dominate other countries.

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

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

You should never take military intervention off the table. When you do so, you give an out to a rogue nation or rogue actors.

We're not going to baby sit a civil war.

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

Regime change cannot be the objective of military action.

Peace with a cudgel in hand is war.

We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years … and put wonderful young men and women at risk, many of whom have lost their lives, and we have asked for nothing except enough ground to bury them in, and otherwise we have returned home … to live our own lives in peace. But there comes a time when soft power or talking with evil will not work where, unfortunately, hard power is the only thing that works.