There never was a good war or a bad peace.

Soldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.

As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery.

I detest war. It spoils armies.

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

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

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

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

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

The fear of war is worse than war itself.

A dead enemy always smells good.