Juan Manuel Belgrano Quotes

When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period.

One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.

Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in the street, the common person there, wants to have this war behind him. I think a lot of the soldiers are very war-weary too.

The war on terrorism is a war of ideas.

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

During the early months of the war in 1914 there was a conflict of opinion between the War Office and the Foreign Office regarding news from the Front.

At the Imperial Conference on December 1, it was decided to make war against England and the United States.

We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.

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

It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator is a step in the direction of peace.

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.

People have a very political way of looking at war, and that's understandable.

In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.

We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and perceived self-interest.

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.

I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table.

I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned.

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

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

Warfare is an utterly stupid method of settling differences of interest between different nations.

You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

We've got to win this battle, and we will. We have to win the peace.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

I don't think we should ever be at war. That's kind of naive, I suppose.