Tariq Aziz Quotes

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

If we think it necessary to wage war, we shall do so with or without your consent.

That was a declaration of war

It’s not only time to It is time not to take force off the table… It is time to put force on the table and use it

Sanctions are not diplomacy; they are a precursor to war.

War is the only destination to which Washington can lead.

But it cannot follow that because weapons and troops are now being deployed we are bound to go to war.

He said that if we were going to have a war, they would never be the first ones to start it.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

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

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

There are consequences if you act militarily, and there's big consequences if you don't act.

Well, I asked him who would start the war first.

First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

So the first thing that went on was to decide... trying to find a time when we could get reprisal raids out.

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.

War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.

We have lived a long time.... without war... We have had peace when all the world has been in arms... It is … a thing most horrible that we should engage ourself in war with another.... With our own venom... we will destroy ourself.

We’re not declaring war. We haven’t declared war since the Second World War. We’re going to war.

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

When one nation is agreed in the policy of fighting another, any pretext will answer.

No man could know whether war might not at any moment break out.

War is an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will.