No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

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

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.

Freedom is often the first casualty of war.

If you want peace, prepare for war.

A plausible war is preferable to a dishonourable peace.

Gold is the nerve of the war.

There is no security in war.

Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.

Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality that guarantees the others.

Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.