War Preparation Quotes

#1. This is the true lesson of our history: war, preparation for war, and foreign military interventions have served for the most part not to protect us, as we are constantly told, but rather to sap our economic vitality and undermine our civil and economic liberties.

Robert Higgs

#2. I appeal to all men and women, whether they be eminent or humble, to declare that they will refuse to give any further assistance to war or the preparation of war.

Albert Einstein

#3. Watch every tendency towards militarism, for we know that preparation for war leads to war.

William Mulock

#4. Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

James Monroe

#5. It is also a near-perfect summary of what happens in the void of war and how history is more often than not a messy combination of intention, courage, preparation, and chance. If

Robert M. Edsel

#6. That's the one thing you can always depend on; as we're fighting one war, we're always preparing for the next one.

Max Brooks

#7. The cause of war is preparation for war.

W.E.B. Du Bois

#8. The terror of the Roman arms added weight and dignity to the moderation of the emperors. They preserved peace by a constant preparation for war;

Edward Gibbon

#9. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.

Barack Obama

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

Horace

#11. War, which perpetuates itself under the form of preparation for war, has once and for all given the State an important role in production.

Simone Weil

#12. War, and the preparation for war, are the two greatest obstacles to human progress, fostering a vicious cycle of arms buildups, violence and poverty.

Oscar Arias

#13. It's useful to compare our preparations for epidemics with our preparations for war.

Bill Gates

#14. A certain degree of preparation for war ... affords also the best security for the continuance of peace.

James Madison

#15. You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.

Albert Einstein

#16. It is a grave matter to enter a war, without adequate military preparation; it may prove fatal to come into peace, without moral and religious preparation.

Louis Finkelstein

#17. There is no shorter road to defeat than by entering a war with inadequate preparation.

Charles Lindbergh

#18. The insight that peace is the end of war, and that therefore a war is the preparation for peace, is at least as old as Aristotle, and the pretense that the aim of an armament race is to guard the peace is even older, namely as old as the discovery of propaganda lies.

Hannah Arendt

#19. And then fourth, we have that essential group of people who track programs and budgets to ensure that they align with the needs of preparation and warning, counterintelligence and support to the operational war fighter.

Stephen Cambone

#20. We have to prepare for the worst, and the worst is war.

Bernard Kouchner

#21. Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war.

Terry Pratchett

#22. And the prince who has relied solely on their words, without making other preparations, is ruined, for the friendship which is gained by purchase and not through grandeur and nobility of spirit is merited but is not secured, and at times is not to be had.

Niccolo Machiavelli

#23. It is wise statesmanship which suggests that in time of peace we must prepare for war, and it is no less a wise benevolence that makes preparation in the hour of peace for assuaging the ills that are sure to accompany war.

Clara Barton

#24. What were the phenomena of the world today? If I knew little else, I knew the answer - war, and the preparations for new war.

Norman Mailer

#25. In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power, unrestricted and unregulated armaments, international anarchy, and preparation for war.

Arthur Henderson

#26. We can't ignore the fact that ahead of us is a great war and this war is going to need significant preparation.

Ahad Ha'am

#27. In times of peace, the war party insists on making preparation for war. As soon as prepared for, it insists on making war.

Robert M. La Follette

#28. If you aren't preparing for life like a war, you'll end up living like a prisoner of war.

Sharad Vivek Sagar

#29. Where resides the comforting knowledge of history's vast, cyclical sweep, the ebb and flow of wars and peace? Peace is the time of waiting for war. A time of preparation, or a time of willful ignorance, blind, blinkered and prattling behind secure walls.

Steven Erikson

#30. I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die: it requires careful preparation.

Douglas MacArthur

#31. There is no lie in war or preparation of war that can't be defended.

Don DeLillo

#32. The Middle East is more angry than ever. I'm afraid that the sort of deceit on the route to war was linked to the lack of preparation for afterwards and the chaos and suffering that continuous - so it won't go away will it?

Clare Short

#33. Their notion of training was to march the men up and down in parades and reviews: these were nice to look at and gave them the impression of military discipline and precision, but as a preparation for a modern war they had no value whatsoever.

Orlando Figes

#34. The firmest security of peace is the preparation during peace of the defenses of war.

John Quincy Adams

#35. How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments of every hostile nation?

James Madison

#36. Instead of scrambling for security in national victory and domination, in preparation for war and military aggression, we must relearn the values of cooperation and sharing, of nonviolence and support.

Marva Dawn

#37. Just as foreplay is the key to good sex, preparation is essential to achieving victory in battle. Right, lieutenant?

Natalia Marx