„Our discussion has shown that while in war many different roads can lead to the goal, to the attainment of the political object, fighting is the only possible means.“

— Carl von Clausewitz

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„But we must be ready to face any temporary disaster - whether or not brought on by those who will war against us to the knife — if only through such disaster can we attain our goal.“
— Theodore Roosevelt
„Politics are almost as exciting as war, and – quite as dangerous … [I]n war, you can only be killed once. But in politics many times.“
— Winston S. Churchill
„War means fighting, and fighting means killing.“
— Nathan Bedford Forrest
„Dominion status can certainly not be attained by a community which brands and treats sixty millions of its members, fellow human beings, toiling at their side, as 'Untouchables', whose approach is an affront and whose very presence is pollution. Dominion status can certainly not be attained while India is a prey to fierce racial and religious dissensions and when the withdrawal of British protection would mean the immediate resumption of mediaeval wars. It cannot be attained while the political classes in India represent only an insignificant fraction of the three hundred and fifty millions for whose welfare we are responsible.“
— Winston S. Churchill
„It's not a matter of whether the war is not real, or if it is, Victory is not possible. The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. This new version is the past and no different past can ever have existed. In principle the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia but to keep the very structure of society intact.“
— George Orwell