Quotes about conflict anticipation

Horace

In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.

Quintus Horatius Flaccus

Becca Fitzpatrick

A war was coming either way. Now all I had to do was choose my opponent

Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

In time of peace prepare for war.

Rick Riordan

I'm so glad you're here," Aphrodite said. "War is coming. Bloodshed is inevitable. So there's really only one thing to do." "Uh... and that is?" Annabeth ventured. "Why, have tea and chat, obviously

Will Rogers

We are the only nation in the world that waits till we get into a war before we start getting ready for it.

Randy Travis

Armies gather in the East for the war that's soon to come. Death will march with the mark of the beast, so seek the light and walk with the Son.

O. J. Simpson

I am actually for the first time looking forward to a litigation.

George Washington

Like as a wise man in time of peace prepares for war.

Horace

In peace, a wise man makes preparations for war.

Joseph Goebbels

We must wait and see what he (FDR) does next. At the moment, there is no talk of war. He does not dare.

Ironically it was not the military situation that inhibited FDR. He did not fear the military of Germany, but he had a very isolationist Congress to contend with and a right wing America First movement of Nazi German sympathizers including hero Charles Lindbergh and Roosevelt’s own Ambassador to Great Britain, Joseph P. Kennedy. It was finally Germany who declared war on the United States after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for.

Ahad Ha'am

“… we can’t ignore the fact that ahead of us is a great war and this war is going to need significant preparation …

He was very critical of the early Zionist movement which he felt was only concerned with resettling Jews in Palestine rather than turning Palestine into a culturally Jewish nation. On this issue, he was tragically correct.

Phil Gingrey

I'm not itching for a fight. But I'm just saying when I see the other guy putting on his boxing gloves and, you know, you've got dancing around in the ring, I kind of suspect that maybe a fight's coming.

Frank B. Kellogg

I regret very much to hear so many people, many of my own countrymen, predicting war, stating that Europe is preparing and arming for such a conflict.

Georges St-Pierre

Only way to eliminate the element of surprise is to know yourself and now your adversary.

Paul Rieckhoff

I get excited when fantasy football season's coming. This guy gets excited when war season's coming.

Ellen Tauscher

Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce.

Denis Leary

No woman can be completely happy at any one moment in time. They're always anticipating the next thing to argue or complain about.

Joyce Kilmer

There is no peace to be taken
With poets who are young,
For they worry about the wars to be fought
and the songs that must be sung.

Bernard Cornwell

There are seasons of our lives when nothing seems to be happening, when no smoke betrays a burned town or homestead and few tears are shed for the newly dead. I have learned not to trust those times, because if the world is at peace then it means someone is planning war.

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