Revolutionary War General

Famous quotes containing the words war and/or general:

    Armageddon. The slaughter of humanity. An atomic war no one wanted, but which no one had the wisdom to avoid.
    Edward L. Bernds (b. 1911)

    A point has been reached where the peoples of the Americas must take cognizance of growing ill-will, of marked trends toward aggression, of increasing armaments, of shortening tempers—a situation which has in it many of the elements that lead to the tragedy of general war.... Peace is threatened by those who seek selfish power.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)