Very few, if any, presidents like the thought of war. Here are some of their quotes:
[blockquote cite=”Teddy Roosevelt”]Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”George Washington”]To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”James Madison”]No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Abraham Lincoln”]America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroy ourselves. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Calvin Coolidge”]No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Lyndon Johnson”]The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”John F. Kennedy”]Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Ulysses S. Grant”]Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”John Quincy Adams”]The firmest security of peace is the preparation during peace of the defenses of war. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”John Adams”]I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. [/blockquote]
