War and Peace

Why bother building any more nuclear warheads until we've used the ones we have?

Unknown, in War and Peace

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.

Victor Hugo, in Success and Failure and War and Peace

War is menstruation envy.

Unknown, in War and Peace

When elephants fight, only the grass gets hurt.

Unknown, in War and Peace

When you've seen one nuclear war, you've seen them all.

Unknown, in War and Peace

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

Joseph Heller, Catch-22, in War and Peace

It is impossible to defend perfectly against the attack of those who want to die.

Unknown, in War and Peace

It seems like the less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.

Unknown, in War and Peace

Join the Army: travel to exotic distant lands, meet exciting, unusual people and kill them.

Unknown, in War and Peace

Katz' Law: Man and nations will act rationally when all other possibilities have been exhausted.

Unknown, in War and Peace

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Charles de Gaulle, in War and Peace

It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies.

Edith Hamilton, The Greek Way, in Life and Death and War and Peace

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Salvor Hardin), in War and Peace and Wisdom and Ignorance

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Benjamin Franklin, in Law and Politics and War and Peace

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

David Friedman, in War and Peace

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Winston Churchill, in War and Peace

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in War and Peace

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

Edward Everett, in War and Peace and Wisdom and Ignorance

Conquering Russia should be done steppe by steppe.

Unknown, in War and Peace

Draft beer, not people.

Unknown, in War and Peace