“Let others wage war. You, lucky Austria, shall marry.”

“Let us wage war on totality; let us be witnesses to the unpresentable, let us activate the different and save the honor of the name.”

“Not chaffering war but waging war, not with gold but with iron—thus let us of both sides make trial for our lives”
Nec cauponantes bellum sed belligerantes; Ferro non auro vitam cernamus utrique.

“Ignorance was intolerable and waging wars was the only solution to civilise other nations.”

“Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.”

“My home policy: I wage war. My foreign policy: I wage war. All the time I wage war.”

“… the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.”

“You cannot wage war with sentimentality. The more ruthlessly war is conducted, the more merciful is it in fact, for it finishes the war the sooner.”

“Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.”

“This war, let it be long or let it be short, let it cost much or let it cost little… shall not cease until every freedman at the South has the right to vote.”