There is no working middle course in wartime.

Boys are the cash of war. Whoever said we're not free-spenders doesn't know our likes.

War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale.

War is the province of chance. In no other sphere of human activity must such a margin be left for this intruder. It increases the uncertainty of every circumstance and deranges the course of events.

War is a continuation of policy by other means. It is not merely a political act but a real political instrument.

All the gods are dead except the god of war.

As wounded men may limp through life, so our war minds may not regain the balance of their thoughts for decades.

Boys and girls, And women, that would groan to see a child Pull off an insect's leg, all read of war, The best amusement for our morning meal.

For what are the triumphs of war, planned by ambition, executed by violence, and consummated by devastation? The means are the sacrifice of many, the end, the bloated aggrandizement of the few.

War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.