John Hewson Quotes

I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.

If Iraq and Afghanistan have taught us anything in recent history, it is the unpredictability of war and that these things are easier to get into than to get out of, and, frankly, the facile way in which too many people talk about, 'Well, let's just go attack them.'

Whenever America sends its citizens into harm's way, it must do so with eyes wide open.

War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men.

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

We wanted this war and now we've got it, and I'm not sure that we know what to do with it.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

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

Presidents do not go into war lightly. It's a tremendous responsibility in making decisions, and I know Bush must deeply believe this is the only course.

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

As a Korean War Veteran, I know too well the troubling nature of war. This is why I will always support a diplomatic answer before military intervention.

I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win.

War is just one more big government program.

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

American boys should not be seen dying on the nightly news. Wars should be over in three days or less, or before Congress invokes the War Powers Resolution.

It is easy to get into war, not so easy to get out.

Going to war is a serious matter. And it should be done very carefully and deliberately with clear national interests at stake before the United States or our Commander-in-Chief acts.

War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.

A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea.

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

Woe to the statesman whose reason for entering a war do not appear so plausible at its end as at its beginning.

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

A war initiated by faulty intelligence should not to complicated by a premature pull out of our troops.

We are talking about using military force, but we are not talking about war. I think that is an important distinction.

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