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To have good soldiers, a nation must always be at war. — Napoleon Bonaparte

One bad general is worth two good ones. — Napoleon Bonaparte

War is nothing but a microcosm of peace ... it shows you life in a more intense way and that's how I continue to live it ... for good or bad reasons. — Zainab Salbi

Good order and discipline in any army are to be depended upon more than courage alone. — Niccolo Machiavelli

It's good to focus on the universal suffering that goes on in any war. Whatever the right and wrongs of the war, there is always universal suffering. — Michael Morpurgo

Because we can't just blow up enough things that this becomes a good situation. — James S.A. Corey

If it weren't for the Japanese and the Germans, we wouldn't have any good war movies. — Stanley Ralph Ross

A minister stands for Father Peace, but a good one is no stranger to Mother War. — Joe Abercrombie

This soldiering thing sadly deadens that very good thing, humanity. — Lew Wallace

Fighting aging is like the War on Drugs. It's expensive, does more harm than good, and has been proven to never end. — Amy Poehler

Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used. — Max Brooks

Move over, Helen of Troy; Jenny Trout is going to wage a war on good health and fit bodies! — Jennifer Armintrout

Organized religion is good for wars, battles, pissin' and moanin' and not much else. — Ted Nugent

Nothing like a good war to forget a night of exquisite soul-killing humiliation. — Bill Willingham

You could say that bad typography brought us the Afghanistan war, the Iraq war, the housing crisis and a good number of other things. — Stefan Sagmeister

What enables the enlightened rulers and good generals to conquer the enemy at every move and achieve extraordinary success is foreknowledge. — Sun Tzu

It's a good thing war is so terrible or else we'd get to liking it too much. — Charles Frazier

Taking Viagra after open heart surgery is like a Civil War re-enactment with live ammo. Not good. — Robin Williams

Though the contradictions of war seem sudden and simultaneous, history stalks before it strikes. Something tolerated soon becomes something good. — Anne Michaels

First of all, war is a very, very difficult thing to deal with, even on the good days. — Saxby Chambliss

I'm in the infantry. What you just showed me, for us that's not even good pornography. — Henry V. O'Neil

War what is it good for? It's good for business. — Billy Bragg

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. — Otto Von Bismarck

You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm. — Abraham Lincoln

War is no place for good men. — Joe Abercrombie

It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years. — Martin Lewis Perl

Escape? There is one unwatched way: your eyes. O Beauty! Keep me good that secret gate. — Wilfred Owen

War begets quiet, quiet idleness, idleness disorder, disorder ruin; likewise ruin order, order virtue, virtue glory, and good fortune. — Walter Raleigh

There never was a good war or a bad peace. — Benjamin Franklin

In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killing people is the usual solution to the so-called war between good and evil. — Ursula K. Le Guin

There was never a bad peace or a good war. — Benjamin Franklin

You say a good cause justifies any war; but I say a good war justifies any cause. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Good to know in times of war you can't bluff for shit. — Samantha Young

This is war,' I yelled through the door.
Lucky for me,' Morelli said. 'I give good war. — Janet Evanovich

You must be a light unto yourself. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

I don't remember Moses writing, 'Thou shalt not kill.. unless you think you have a good reason. — Willie Nelson

One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans. — George H. W. Bush

Be of good courage, my son, and remember that the best men always make themselves. — Patrick Henry

Discount my partiality, but my report is that so far The Winds of War is looking good. — Herman Wouk

For the good that I would: I do not, but the evil which I would not, I do. — Matthew J. Hefti

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. — Harrison Ford

The world after a war is a good world, I told myself. A happy world. A secure world. In this world, I might do anything. — Jennifer Niven

A man must stand up for what he believes in - especially in this culture war between good and evil. — Ted Nugent

Obviously, we will respond to the concerns of any member of Congress. The government of Uzbekistan has been a good partner in the war on terrorism. — Brian Whitman

It was war times, and you had to take a side: good or bad. There was no middle ground — Yunnuen Gonzalez

War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface. — Mahatma Gandhi

War does one good - it teaches people geography. — Will Durant

And we went through AIDS... which was as good a course in mortality as anyone is likely to get, short of war. — Stephen Greco

I don't like the word "hero." There are no heroes in war. As soon as someone picks up a weapon, they can no longer be good. They won't be able to. — Svetlana Alexievich

This wasn't making love. This wasn't even fucking. This was war. And hell it felt good. — Pepper Winters

In short, the war got off to a pretty good start, with the help of chaos. — Gabriel Chevallier

War, what's it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again. — Edwin Starr

In war, good guys always become bad guys. — Howard Zinn

Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision. — Sun Tzu

War is killing the individual in it unless he has learned livingness - if he had it he wouldn't be a good soldier. — Georgia O'Keeffe

You can't equate the game we play to a war. Kellen Winslow said he's a soldier. No, he's not. This is not a war ... not a good comparison. — Ken Rosenthal

Those are the bad guys, right?"
"Depends on who wins, I guess. — Shannon A. Thompson

Telling my story was supposed to be a good thing but it had just made everything worse. — Sara Novic

War makes rattling good history. — Thomas Hardy

War is good business Invest your son — Allen Ginsberg

A good front is half the battle in love or war. — Elbert Hubbard

Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much! — Aristophanes

Before you can begin to think about politics at all, you have to abandon the notion that there is a war between good men and bad men. — Walter Lippmann

Wars come and wars go,' he said. 'Things change, but the carousel is always here. It reminds people of the good times. — Glenda Millard

In War: Resolution,
In Defeat: Defiance,
In Victory: Magnanimity
In Peace: Good Will. — Winston S. Churchill

Isn't the best defense always a good attack? — Ovid

War is terrorism ... Terrorism is the willingness to kill large numbers of people for some presumably good cause. That's what terrorists are about. — Howard Zinn

If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage. — Abraham Lincoln

...but the power of spilled blood overwhelmed the good intentions of those who wanted to end the violence. — Jeffrey Goldberg

So far as he is able, a prince should stick to the path of good but, if the necessity arises, he should know how to follow evil. — Niccolo Machiavelli

War has often been called a game, with good reason. Both have combatants. Both have sides. Both carry the risk of losing. — Samantha Shannon

Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom over tyranny, of peace over war. — Dan Quayle

Terrorism and war have something in common. They both involve the killing of innocent people to achieve what the killers believe is a good end. — Howard Zinn

Work, love, courage and hope,
Make me good and help me cope! — Anne Frank

Warriors are warriors not because of their strengh, but because of their ability strengh to good purpose — Eric Greitens

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always. — Sophocles

Good order makes men bold, and confusion, cowards. — Niccolo Machiavelli

I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war. — Golda Meir

But there are many men-and women-who do things in a time of war that they wouldn't dream of doing in peacetime, and all for the common good. — Jacqueline Winspear

I am more anxious than I can express that my men should be not only good soldiers of their country, but also good soldiers of the cross. — Stonewall Jackson

There is a greater war, Uhtred. Not the fight between Saxon and Dane, but between God and the devil, between good and evil! We are part of it! — Bernard Cornwell

But anyone who believes in the war on drugs is missing a crucial point as to why the war can never be won. Feeling good will never go out of style. — Ryan Vanderford

My species has a great many good reasons for making war, though none of them is as good as the reason for not making war. — Ursula K. Le Guin

There never was a good war or a bad revolution. — Edward Abbey

Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day. — Sun Tzu

[the war in Iraq] could have terrifically good effects troughout the Middle East — William Kristol

We must face the fact that peace must be built on power, as well as upon good will and good deeds. — Harry S. Truman

In the struggle of good against evil, it's always the people who get killed. — Eduardo Galeano

Jihad should be waged in places where there is war. Bombings in places where there is no war is not a good thing. — Abu Bakar Bashir

War and good health are incompatible. There's no way we can go [eradicate diseases] into an area that is at war. — Jimmy Carter

It is impossible to tell whether prohibition is a good thing or a bad thing. It has never been enforced in this country. — Fiorello H. La Guardia

War is the action of low man: Low in morality, low in humanity, and low in all the good values! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Without good grammar, the United States would have lost World War II. — Dave Barry

There has always been excuses for wars, but NONE of them have been good or valid. — Cindy Sheehan

A battle that you win cancels any other bad action of yours. In the same way, by losing one, all the good things worked by you before become vain. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Looking comparatively at the good things, you will see that they are not excluded from wisdom, humanity and bravery. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo

You say that a good cause will even sanctify war! I tell you, it is the good war that sanctifies every cause! — Friedrich Nietzsche

Make fun, not war. — Marty Rubin

Polish your wisdom: learn public justice, distinguish between good and evil, study the ways of different arts one by one. — Miyamoto Musashi

Do you remember, during the war, when Porky worked in a defense plant? He and Bugs Bunny. That was a good one too. — Thomas Pynchon