J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace.

When asked what he was fighting for, General Washington, in writing to General Thomas, said the object was 'neither glory nor extent of territory, but a defense of all that is dear and valuable in life.' He must have been an umpire. That's what umpiring is about.

We love peace, but not peace at any price.

There are many things worth living for, there are a few things worth dying for, but there is nothing worth killing for

We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny.

We can do without butter, but, despite all our love of peace, not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter, but with guns.

It is heroic to prepare for war with a tyrant power. Patriots will always win the admiration of mankind for daring to meet the bloodshed of battle for their country's liberty. But the patriot who is willing to go to that sacrifice will be the first to condemn the aimless and secret shedding of blood in time of peace.

I think, unfortunately, we live in a world where people attack other people and I think a legitimate rationale for war is the saving of human life, the saving of lives of people who cannot defend themselves.

We make war that we may live in peace.

Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war.

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation. Bella suscipienda sunt ob eam causam, ut sine injuria in pace vivatur.

There are things more important than peace.

War can protect; it cannot create.

There is no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland.

There come times when we have to fight for peace.

If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm

Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Like the American soldiers who went before them, they are putting their lives on the line to protect ours.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

I do not wish a foreign army to spill the blood of my people.

Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life.

Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.