Examples of famous quotes on war. Therefore, winning a hundred battles is not a good thing; subduing the enemy's troops without fighting is a good thing. (Spring and Autumn Period? Sun Wu) Those who have attained the Way will receive many aids, while those who have lost the Way will receive little help. (Warring States? Mencius) The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people. (Warring States Period? Mencius) The way to use military force is to attack the heart first, and to attack the city next. (Three Kingdoms? Zhuge Liang) Victory and defeat are common to military strategists. Those who are good at using soldiers can turn defeat into success. (Jin? Zhang Fang) Only the dead can see the end of the war. (Greek? Plato) Justice without force is impotence; force without justice is tyranny. (France? Pascal) Soldiers and people are the foundation of victory. (Mao Zedong) When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we pursue; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack. (Mao Zedong) 1 The snow-capped mountains are covered by long clouds in Qinghai, and the lonely city looks out to Yumen Pass in the distance. Yellow sand will wear golden armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will never be returned until it is broken. (Wang Changling's "Military March") 2 When I was drunk, I looked at the sword with the light on, and I dreamed about the company's trumpet blowing. Eight hundred miles away, the troops under his command are burning, the sound of fifty-stringed strings turning outside the Great Wall, and the troops on the battlefield being ordered in autumn. The horse moves very fast, and the bow is as frightening as a thunderbolt. Finish the affairs of the king and the world, and win the reputation during and after death. The pity happened in vain! (Xin Qiji's "Breaking the Formation? Compose a heroic poem for Chen Tongfu") 3 The Red Army is not afraid of the difficulty of the expedition, and it can only wait for thousands of rivers and mountains. The five ridges are meandering and the waves are flowing, and the fog is majestic and the mud balls are walking. The golden sand and water are warm against the clouds and the cliffs are warm, while the iron cables across the Dadu Bridge are cold. I am even more happy that there is thousands of miles of snow in Minshan Mountain, and the three armies are all happy after the passing. (Mao Zedong's "Seven Rules: The Long March") 4 If we don't go to war, / the enemy kills us with bayonets / and points at our bones and says: / "Look, / these are slaves!" ("If We" in the field) Not to fight") 5 Do the Russians want war?/Then ask you/the peaceful vast farmland and wilderness,/and the birch and poplar forests. Please ask again/the soldiers buried under the birch trees,/their children will answer you:/Do the Russians want war? Not only for their own country/the soldiers sacrificed in that war,/but also for the whole world People/can safely enter the dreamland. (Yevtushenko "Do Russians Want War?")