War is a conflict of great interests which is settled by bloodshed, and only in that is it different from others.

There never was a war that was not inward.

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited . . . What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.

Sooner or later every war of trade becomes a war of blood.

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten. Then he who continues the attack wins.

I sometimes refer to it as a war without blood: there are no soldiers in the field, no bullets and bombs.

No b****** ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb b****** die for his country.

War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.

...in war, the advantages and disadvantages of a single action could only be determined by the final balance.

The only way anyone ever won a war, is to make the enemy hurt so bad that he can't stand it any more.
... George S. Patton

(1) War becomes a completely isolated act, which arises suddenly, and is in no way connected with the previous history of the combatant States. (2) If it is limited to a single solution, or to several simultaneous solutions. (3) If it contains within itself the solution perfect and complete, free from any reaction upon it, through a calculation beforehand of the political situation which will follow from it.

I am afeard there are few die well that die in battle, for how can they charitably dispose of anything when blood is their argument?

Visto despuès, podría parecer un modo extraño de empezar una guerra. Solo uno de los implicados sabía de lo que de verdad sucedía, y por casualidad

No Bastard ever won a war by dying for his country