Practical Quotations » War

George Washington

George Washington — Mon, 03 May 2010 20:41:18 +0000

The man must be bad indeed who can look upon the events of the American Revolution without feeling the warmest gratitude towards the great Author of the Universe whose divine interposition was so frequently manifested on our behalf.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:05:29 +0000

Meeting jaw to jaw is better than war.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:50:31 +0000

Persevere towards those objectives which are lighted for us by all the wisdom and inspiration of the past.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:01:36 +0000

In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

John Jay

John Jay — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:42:53 +0000

But the safety of the people of America against dangers from foreign force depends not only on their forbearing to give just causes of war to other nations, but also on their placing and continuing themselves in such a situation as not to invite hostility or insult.

General Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:32:31 +0000

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:54:10 +0000

There are three points of doctrine the belief of which forms the foundation of all morality. The first is the existence of God; the second is the immortality of the human soul; and the third is a future state of rewards and punishments. Suppose it possible for a man to disbelieve either of these three articles of faith and that man will have no conscience, he will have no other law than that of the tiger or the shark.