"The conqueror is always a lover of peace; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed."
- Karl von Clausewitz

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
- Albert Einstein

"From time to time, the tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots."
- Thomas Jefferson

"War is an art, and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula."
- General George S. Patton Jr.

"As much as some would like to think otherwise, man's history is a history determined, measured, and defined by warfare, with entire periods of time dedicated to the primary material or technology used to create the best weapons of the era. We are a species dedicated to annihilation. And from the beginning of civilization until the end of humanity itself, one truth remains: there is nothing that man, nature, God, or the Devil can create that we cannot destroy."
- Ken "Snake" Yakata