Oceania was at war with Eurasia therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.

There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more of less for progress the other side more or less for reaction.

There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in foreign policy where we have a strong national defense and we don't go to war so carelessly.

Think of what happened after 9/11 the minute before there was any assessment there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq and so the war drums beat.

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.

There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes all of us defending the United States of America.

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.

When the question arose whether I as a member of the royal family should take part in active combat in the Falklands there was no question in her mind and it only took her two days to sort the issue.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

There is no avoiding war it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.