Charles Hamilton Houston Quotes

Bloody Ground

Things don’t go well in war. You make mistakes.

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

There are no survivors in my fights.

Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.

For the most part, everybody who fights in war fights to survive.

War is about dead people.

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

Surviving is the only glory in war.

As one who participated in all the wars of the state of Israel, I saw the horror of wars. I saw the fear of wars. I saw my best friends being killed in battles. I was seriously injured twice.

There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.

I have fought for many years. I have killed many men. I have never seen a foreigner die.

Generals make plans. Plans go wrong. And soldiers die.

Wars: You know how you start, but you never know how you end.

Each fight has its own preparations and challenges.

To be able to battle is very important.

Terrible wars have been fought where millions have died for one idea - freedom. And it seems that something that means so much to so many people would be worth having.

Today, we must acknowledge, that war has not been won.

In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying.

In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.

In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.

People do not want words - they want the sound of battle - the battle of destiny.

We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.

It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.