WAR AND WARFARE (PART 3): INTERESTING WAR QUOTES

On advice from Gen Katoch added this post on interesting war quotes

 

 

All’s fair in love and war.

– Anne Frank

 

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

– Albert Einstein

 

In war, truth is the first casualty.

– Aeschylus

 

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.

– G.K. Chesterton

 

All war represents is a failure of diplomacy.

– Tony Benn

 

Wars of pen and ink often lead to wars of cannon and bayonets.

– Edward Counsel

 

The military don’t start wars. Politicians start wars. 

– William Westmoreland

 

War settles nothing.

 – Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

“All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.”

― John Steinbeck

 

“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.”

― Lewis Carroll

 

Anonymous

 

Never start a fight when you are not ready for war.

 

Never start a war you cannot finish.

 

War doesn’t determine who’s right. War determines who’s left.

 

The absence of war is not peace.

 

Arm Chair warrior will fight till the last drop of your blood.

 

Value additions are most welcome

6 Replies to “WAR AND WARFARE (PART 3): INTERESTING WAR QUOTES”

  1. Let me add a few Famous Fighter Aviation Quotes
    “Fight on and fly on to the last drop of blood and the last drop of benzene – to the last beat of the heart and the last kick of the motor”

    – Manfred von Richthofen

    “Everything I had ever learned about air fighting taught me that the man who is aggressive, who pushes a fight, is the pilot who is successful in combat and who has the best opportunity for surviving battle and coming home.”
    – ~ Robert S. Johnson

    “The first lesson is that you can’t lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can’t win a war if you haven’t.”
    – Jimmy Doolittle

    “It was my view that no kill was worth the life of a wingman, many of whom were young and inexperienced boys. Pilots in my unit who lost wingmen on this basis were prohibited from leading a Rotte. They were made to fly as wingman, instead.”

    – Erich ‘Bubi’ Hartmann
    “There is a peculiar gratification on receiving congratulations from one’s squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to a pilot than the applause of the whole outside world. It means that one has won the confidence of men who share the misgivings, the aspirations, the trials and the dangers of aeroplane fighting”.

    – Edward V. ‘Eddie’ Rickenbacker

    “Go in close, and when you think you are too close, go in closer.”
    – Thomas B. ‘Tommy’ McGuire

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