"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it."

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"Why have we built warships to bring home peace?"

Debasish Mridha, American Author

War, Peace, Irony, Technology

"This country was filled with violent children orphaned by war."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

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"Fire supposed he needed to be there in order to give rousing speeches and lead the charge into the fray, or whatever is was commanders did in wartime. She resented his competence at something so tragic and senseless. She wished he, or somebody, would throw down his sword and say, 'Enough! This is a silly way to decide who's in charge!' And it seemed to her, as the beds in the healing room filled and emptied and filled, that these battles didn't leave much to be in charge of. The kingdom was already broken, and this war was tearing the broken pieces smaller."

Kristin Cashore, American Author

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"Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

War, Defense, Revenge

"I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one."

Will Rogers, American Actor

War, Nation

"We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We wished that the program had not failed and then the warriors could have achieved their goals."

Abu Abbas, Palestinian Politician

War, Thought, Goals

"At time of peace, we should love one another.At war, we should set our minds as the hunters."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

War, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Inspirational

"Reasoned arguments and suggestions which make allowance for the full difficulties of the state of war that exists may help, and will always be listened to with respect and sympathy."

Stafford Cripps, British Politician

War, Sympathy, Arguments, Difficulties

"War is the business of barbarians."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

War, Business

"You must realize that men make war as much with the enthusiasm of those who want it as with the despair of those who reject it with all their soul."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

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"The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself."

Luck

"Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it."

Home

"I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!"

Fight

"I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?"

Time

"Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory."

Family

"A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him."

Leadership

"Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war."

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"Why have we built warships to bring home peace?"

"This country was filled with violent children orphaned by war."

"Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just."

"I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one."

"We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We wished that the program had not failed and then the warriors could have achieved their goals."

"At time of peace, we should love one another.At war, we should set our minds as the hunters."

"Reasoned arguments and suggestions which make allowance for the full difficulties of the state of war that exists may help, and will always be listened to with respect and sympathy."

"War is the business of barbarians."

"You must realize that men make war as much with the enthusiasm of those who want it as with the despair of those who reject it with all their soul."

Explore more quotes by Douglas MacArthur

"The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself."

"Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it."

"I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!"

"I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?"

"Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory."

"My first recollection is that of a bugle call."

"A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding."

"Americans never quit."

"A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him."

"Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war."