Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes About War
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War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]
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The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.
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War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.
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Let reason govern desire.
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The more laws, the less justice.
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Laws are inoperative in war
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Laws are silent in time of war.
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Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans.
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A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.
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I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.
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The law is silent during war. [Lat., Silent leges inter arma.]
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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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The sinews of war are infinite money.
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Endless money forms the sinews of war. [Lat., Nervi belli pecunia infinita.]
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Silent enim leges inter arma (Laws are silent in times of war).
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An army abroad is of little use unless there are prudent counsels at home. [Lat., Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi.]
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You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
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Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just.
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An unjust peace is better than a just war.
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After victory, you have more enemies.
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The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.
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The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
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For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war.
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In times of war, the law falls silent.
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Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.
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Let war be so carried on that no other object may seem to be sought but the acquisition of peace. [Lat., Bellum autem ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud, nisi pax, quaesita videatur.]
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When war is raging the laws are dumb.
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Wars, therefore, are to be undertaken for this end, that we may live in peace, without being injured; but when we obtain the victory, we must preserve those enemies who behaved without cruelty or inhumanity during the war.
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Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.
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There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.
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