Joseph Stalin Quotes

History shows that when a state is intent upon making war against another state, even though not adjacent, it begins to seek frontiers across which it could reach the frontiers of the state which it desires to attack. Usually, the aggressive state finds that frontier.

I don't know what specific frontiers Germany could adopt for her purposes, but I think that those willing "to lend" a frontier to her can be found.

We are not at war with Egypt. We are in an armed conflict.

It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.

In war ... diplomacy is the handmaiden of the necessities of the War Office.

One hour ago, President Johnson informed me that Egyptian forces are preparing an attack on Israeli positions and that this attack is to be launched. If such a thing happens, then the United States will consider itself freed from the commitments it gave to the USSR to exercise restraint.

I can do whatever is necessary to protect the United States.

If America and China collide, both will suffer.

[Vladimir] Putin trampled on international rules and sovereignty of the Ukraine.

Military action without politics is like a tree without a root.

War is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means.

I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary-- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security.

If we are willing to act violently in pursuit of a peripheral interest, everyone can be certain that, when a vital interest is at stake, we will be still more violent. 'Credibility' is defined as the willingness to kill a lot of people now for a not very good cause to assure the world that we'll kill a lot more people if we can find a better one.

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

The greatest thing I could do is shoot that ship that's 30 miles offshore right out of the water. Everyone in this country will say, oh, that's so great. That's not great. That's not great. I would love to be able to get along with Russia.

In a new interview, Secretary of State Colin Powell repeated that the U.S. has no plans to attack Syria or Iran. After hearing this Donald Rumsfeld responded, 'Like he'd know.'

It [military action on Iraq] makes me feel ashamed to come from the United States. It is humiliating.

The bombs the government drops in Iraq are the bombs that blew up in New York City.

I think the entire world knows, and North Korea knows, that if they used any weapons on our soldiers they would be obliterated. And it would be an overwhelming response.

I would be quite happy to see the Northern Alliance steam across northern Afghanistan and take Kabul.

When I've sent young men and women into harm's way, I always understand that that is the last resort, not the first resort.

I don't trust any country that looks around a continent and says, "Hey, I'll take the frozen part."

By threatening war against Iran, Iraq and North Korea in his now-famous "Axis of Evil" address, the president painted himself into a corner. Either Bush now goes to war against one of these regimes, or he will be humiliated and exposed as a bellicose bluff.

The Cold War has ended. It's very simple. We are no longer living in a bipolar world. The chances that we will go to war with Russia are pretty much ended. Mutually Assured Destruction was a doctrine that worked very well for decades as a deterrent, but the world has fundamentally changed.

How can you lay siege to a whole country? Who is really under siege now? Baghdad cannot be besieged.