Warlike Quotes

“Hiding order beneath the cloak of disorder is simply a question of subdivision; concealing courage
under a show of timidity presupposes a fund of latent energy; masking strength with weakness is to
be effected by tactical dispositions.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“I have never been able to understand how men can feel affection for individuals who are intent on massacring them in a variety of unpleasant ways, but it is an undeniable fact that they can and do. Witness the immortal verse of Mr. Kipling: "So 'ere's to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your 'home in the Soudan; You're a pore benighted 'eathen but a first-class fightin' man!" One can only accept this as another example of the peculiar emotional aberrations of the male sex.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Last Camel Died at Noon

“Those who declare war are seldom those who fight.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“History books teach us that human behavior is unpredictable, strange, and enigmatic; people are magnanimous and cruel, peaceful and warlike.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls