Henry IV on War

“It is high time that all of us, drunk with war, sobered up.”
– King Henry IV of France, November 1599

Douglas MacArthur on War

“I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.”
– General Douglas MacArthur, Farewell Address to Congress, 19 April 1951

George Patton on Heroism

“The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.”
– General George S. Patton, Jr., Speech to the US Third Army on the eve of D-Day, 5 June 1944

Winston Churchill on Victory

“You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs — victory in spite of all terrors — victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.”
– Winston Churchill, Address to the House of Commons, 13 May 1940