Preparing For War Quotes

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.

All patriarchal societies are either preparing for war, at war, or recovering from war.

Striving for peace and preparing for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time more so than ever.

Isn't it strange how the leaders of nations can talk so eloquently about peace while they prepare for war? ... There is no way to make peace while preparing for war.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process.

In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration, and when peace comes we will gladly convert not our swords into plowshares, but our bombs into peaceful reactors, and our planes into space vessels. "Pursue peace," the Bible tells us, and we shall pursue it with every effort and every energy that we possess. But it is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him

Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the names of Los Alamos and Hiroshima. The people must unite or they will perish.

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.

Freedom is not nurtured by nations preparing for war.

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

There never was a good war or a bad revolution.

When American presidents prepare for foreign wars, they lie.

If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is tempermental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.