Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [161-180] of 227 Peace quotesPeace QuotesPeace Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.~ General George S. Patton, Jr. It is certain that the two World Wars in which I have participated would not have occurred had we been prepared. It is my belief that adequate preparation on our part would have prevented or materially shortened all our other wars beginning with that of 1812. Yet, after each of our wars, there has always been a great hue and cry to the effect that there will be no more wars, that disarmament is the sure road to health, happiness, and peace; and that by removing the fire department, we will remove fires. These ideas spring from wishful thinking and from the erroneous belief that wars result from logical processes. There is no logic in wars. They are produced by madmen. No man can say when future madmen will reappear. I do not say that there will be no more wars; I devoutly hope that there will not, but I do say that the chances of avoiding future wars will be greatly enhanced if we are ready.~ General George S. Patton, Jr. It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.~ General George S. Patton, Jr. For when they shall say, 'Peace and Safety', then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a women with child; and they shall not escape.~ St. Paul [Transcription of some of the signs in Washington during the peace march January 18, 2003]~ Peace March Signs Throughout the history of the United States, war has been the primary impetus behind the growth and development of the central state. It has been the lever by which presidents and other national officials have bolstered the power of the state in the face of tenacious popular resistance.~ Bruce D. Porter One of the fondest expressions around is that we can't be the world's policeman. But guess who gets called when somebody needs a cop.~ General Colin Powell It is futile to fight against, if one does not know what one is fighting for.~ Ayn Rand The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.~ John Randolph You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.~ Jeannette Rankin War, what is it good for? With the same "socialist" elites backing both sides, it's good for business. It's good for creating chaos and destruction. It's good for launching new global organizations, in the aftermath; organizations that exert a level of control and reach that didn't exist before. It's good for launching organizations like the United Nations and the European Union and the World Trade Organization---dedicated to Globalism, which in turn is dedicated to planned civilization, in which the individual is demeaned and the group is All. Freedom is demeaned; and dominance by the few over the many is hailed as peace in our time.~ Jon Rappoport A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must place no one, including ourselves, beyond the reach of criticism (no final say); it means that we must allow people to err, even where the error offends and upsets, as it often will.~ Jonathan Rauch There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war; it's to be prepared for peace.~ Ronald Reagan History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.~ Ronald Reagan Common sense told us that to preserve the peace, we'd have to become strong again after years of weakness and confusion. So, we rebuilt our defenses, and this New Year we toasted the new peacefulness around the globe. Not only have the superpowers actually begun to reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons...but the regional conflicts that rack the globe are also beginning to cease.~ Ronald Reagan The conclusion is thus inescapable that the history, concept, and wording of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as well as its interpretation by every major commentator and court in the first half-century after its ratification, indicates that what is protected is an individual right of a private citizen to own and carry firearms in a peaceful manner.~ Report of the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.~ Will Rogers You can have all the advanced war methods you want, but, after all, nobody has ever invented a war that you don't have to have somebody in the guise of soldiers to stop the bullets.~ Will Rogers We are the only nation in the world that waits till we get into a war before we start getting ready for it.~ Will Rogers No triumph of peace can equal the armed triumph of war.~ Theodore Roosevelt Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print