War Quotes

"War does not determine who is right - only who is left"

-Burtrand Russell

"Incoming fire has the right of way."

-Unknown

"If the enemy is in range, so are you."

-Infantry Journal

"If your attack is going too well, you're walking into an ambush."

-Infantry Journal

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

-Albert Einstein

"Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder."

-Unknown

"Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo."

-Infantry Journal

"Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just brave five minutes longer."

-Ronald Reagan

"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed."

-U.S. Air Force Marshal

"If at first you don't succeed, call an air strike."

-Unknown

"Tracers work both ways."

-U.S. Army Ordinance

"The bursting radius of a hand-grenade is always one foot greater than your jumping range."

-Unknown

"In war, truth is the first casualty"

-Aeschylus

"You can make a throne of bayonets, but you cant sit on it for long."

-Boris Yeltsin

"Friendly fire - isn't." 

-Unknown

"Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die."

-Herbert Hoover

"The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it."

-Norman Schwarzkopf

"If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles."

-Sun Tzu

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

-Abraham Lincoln

"All warfare is based on deception."

-Sun Tzu

"They'll be no learning period with nuclear weapons. Make one mistake and you're going to destroy nations."

-Robert McNamara

"It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle."

-General Norman Schwarzkopf

"Cluster bombing from B-52s are very, very, accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground."

-USAF Ammo Troop

"Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom - for himself."

-Elbert Hubbard