Otto von Bismarck Quotes

Preventive war is like committing suicide for fear of death.

Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide.

Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.

Let us seek Death, or he not found, supply With our own hands his office on ourselves; Why stand we longer shivering under fears, That show no end but death, and have the power, Of many ways to die the shortest choosing, Destruction with destruction to destroy.

War may be an auction for countries. For soldiers it's a lottery.

The world hates us, but the bottom line is we're gonna have to show the world why they hate us by bombing the hell out of some people that have been hurting us. That's all. That's the end of it.

War is hell. You can't photograph a flying bullet, but you can capture genuine fear.

Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.

There was nothing there but black water and American fire power.

We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly.

And, you see, we are living in a world in which all wars are wars of defense.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

On the bastion and entrenchments white flags have been placed, the lowering valley is full of dead bodies, and the beautiful sun descends from the transparent sky to the undulating blue sea, which sparkles under the golden rays of the sun. Thousands of people crowd together, look at, speak to, and smile at each other. And these people, who are Christians, confessing one great law of love and self-sacrifice, looking at what they have done, do not suddenly fall with repentance on their knees before Him who has given them life, who has placed in the soul of each, together with the fear of death, the love of the good and beautiful. They do not embrace like brothers with tears of joy and happiness. No! The white flags are lowered, and again whistle the instruments of death and suffering, again flows innocent blood, and groans and curses are heard

Doesn't it strike you as queer that I, who couldn't cut the head off a chicken, and who was sick at the sight of blood, should be cast into the middle of a great war, with blood flowing all about me.

I know I am among civilized men because they are fighting so savagely.

The generals were fighting machine guns with the breasts of gallant men.

In war, everything changes. You are very selective of what you do because everything you do can be the last thing you do in your life.

Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.

The soldiers kill suicide bombers. Think about that. When a guys whole thing in life is to kill himself and you get there first... you are halling ass my friends.

War is a contest, and you finally get to a point where you are talking merely about race suicide, and nothing else.

There's been rumors of war and wars that have been The meaning of life has been lost in the wind And some people thinkin' that the end is close by 'Stead of learnin' to live they are learnin' to die

War is a business in which a lot of people watch a few people get killed and are damn glad it wasn't them.