“Huns should only enter wars in which they can win.”
Attila (406–453) King of the Hunnic Empire
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“The Government can lose the war without you; they cannot win it without you.”
David Lloyd George (1863–1945) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Speech to the Trades Union Congress in Bristol (9 September 1915), quoted in The Times (10 September 1915), p. 9
Minister of Munitions
Erich von dem Bach (1899–1972) German politician and SS functionary
To Leon Goldensohn (14 February 1946) from The Nuremberg Interviews (2004) by Leon Goldensohn and Robert Gellately
“The Imperial Service could win a war without coffee, but would prefer not to have to.”
Lois McMaster Bujold Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
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“War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.”
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
Wars I Have Seen (1945)
Emile Coué (1857–1926) French psychologist and pharmacist
Quoted in: Paul G. Thomas (1979) Psychofeedback: practical psychocybernetics. p. 84.
Sun Tzu (-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty
Variant: Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.
Source: The Art of War, Chapter IV · Disposition of the Army
“Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.”
George Marshall (1880–1959) US military leader, Army Chief of Staff
As quoted in A Toolbox for Humanity: More Than 9000 Years of Thought (2004) by Lloyd Albert Johnson