War is a matter, not so much of arms as of expenditure.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

War seldom enters but where wealth allures.

All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.

The war justifies the existence of the army. By destroying it.

War is cruelty and you cannot refine it.

Money is the soul of war.

It is the first step that, in all wars, reveals genius.

When the rich make war, it's the poor that die.

War is therefore divine in itself since it is a law of the world.

War is sweet to those who have never experienced it

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

War is what happens when language fails.

War does not determine who is right, only who is left.

No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

Freedom is often the first casualty of war.

If you want peace, prepare for war.

A plausible war is preferable to a dishonourable peace.