I detest war. It spoils armies.

War is sweet to those who don’t know it.

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. War is hell.

I have loved war too well.

There never was a good war or a bad peace.

You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war. 

War to the castles; peace to the cottages.

War is the child of pride, and pride the daughter of riches.

Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.

You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

The fear of war is worse than war itself.

I went [to war] because I couldn’t help it. I didn’t want the glory or the pay; I wanted the right thing done.