War Likelihood Quotes

A war with so little chance of success should not be fought.

A war regarded as inevitable or even probable, and therefore much prepared for, has a good chance of eventually being fought.

I don't believe that China, in my lifetime or maybe my children's lifetime, be equal to the United States militarily speaking, but they are very careful to avoid any engagement in war, they are basically a peaceful country, which gives them another advantage over the United States when we are much more inclined to go to war for various reasons.

With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the U.S.A. and China.

My guess is that nuclear weapons will be used sometime in the next hundred years, but that their use is much more likely to be small and limited than widespread and unconstrained.

I don't myself, think, sir, that this is likely to lead to a major war.

I don't believe Russia would attack a NATO country or NATO as such, no matter which country we are talking about.

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

By legitimizing Iran's nuclear program, removing the pressure of economic sanctions, and allowing it to obtain conventional weapons and ballistic missiles, this agreement makes the prospect for war more likely, not less.

Lightly armed nations can move toward war just as easily as those which are armed to the teeth, and they will do so if the usual causes of war are not removed.

I do not believe there is the slightest chance of war with Japan in our lifetime. The Japanese are our allies.... Japan is at the other end of the world. She cannot menace our vital security in any way.... War with Japan is not a possibility which any reasonable government need take into account.

Where are your armies; your navy? Have you money? No, sir! Rely on it, there will be, there can be, no war …

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

The possibility of war increases in direct proportion to the effectiveness of the instruments of war.

So long as the international community consists of sovereign states, war between them remains a possibility, of which all governments have to take reasonable account.