George S. Patton Quotes

Only a strong America can guarantee a peaceful world.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

The firmest security of peace is the preparation during peace of the defenses of war.

To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.

A certain degree of preparation for war ... affords also the best security for the continuance of peace.

America must always be the world's paramount military power

I think you believe in these words, I think - three very important words, peace through strength, right. Peace through strength.

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.

Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war.

The duty of defense is maintain peace and avoid war.

Wars are most often won by those who have made the greatest effort to prevent them.

As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.

I believe in peace through strength. I would prefer to rely on the military rather than diplomats to protect our homes.

The Mutual Security Act was intended not to fight a war but to prevent a war.

It is entirely clear that there is only one way in which great wars can be permanently prevented, and that is the establishment of an international government with a monopoly of serious armed force.

I will insist on a military so powerful no one would ever think of challenging it.

That is the best Government, which best provides for war.

When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.

So long as peace is not attained by law (so argue the advocates of armaments) the military protection of a country must not be undermined, and until such is the case disarmament is impossible.

Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.

There are no militarist adventuristic groups in USSR as among dominating classes in certain other countries where dangerous talk of "third world war" is being encouraged by foul imperialists. True supporters of peace will find real and faithful ally in USSR. This does not mean that our concern for the maintenance of our Armed Forces will diminish. Our Government and Red Army leaders are doing everything to assure that our Army is second to no other Army as regards newest types of armament.

Our country has never started a war. Our sole objective is deterrence, the strength and capability it takes to prevent war.

Today the atomic bomb has altered profoundly the nature of the world as we know it, and the human race consequently finds itself in a new habitat to which it must adapt its thinking... Never before was it possible for one nation to make war on another without sending armies across borders. Now with rockets and atomic bombs no center of population on the earth's surface is secure from surprise destruction in a single attack.... We cannot leave it to generals, senators, and diplomats to work out a solution over a period of generations… There is no defense in science against the weapon which can destroy civilization. Our defense is not in armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order… Future thinking must prevent wars.