Julius Caesar Quotes about War

Many of you wished me dead. Many of you perhaps still do. But I hold no grudges and seek no revenge. I demand only this...that you join with me in building a new Rome, a Rome that offers justice, peace and land to all

Many of you wished me dead. Many of you perhaps still do. But I hold no grudges and seek no revenge. I demand only this...that you join with me in building a new Rome, a Rome that offers justice, peace and land to all its citizens, not just the privileged few. Support me in this task, and old divisions will be forgotten. Oppose me, and Rome will not forgive you a second time. Senators, the war is over.

Julius Caesar

Revenge, War, Rome

And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind is closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and do it gladly so.

Julius Caesar

Hate, War, Blood

"We're not all citizens of the US yet". www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2002.

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

Julius Caesar

Life, War, Events

"Quote Junkie: War and Patriotism". Book by Hagopian Institute, p.3, March 12, 2008.

War gives the right to the conquerors to impose any condition they please upon the vanquished.

Julius Caesar

War, Giving, Politics

It is the right of war for conquerors to treat those whom they have conquered according to their pleasure.

Julius Caesar

War, Pleasure, Treats

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 129-30, Bellum Gallicum, I. 36., 1922.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

Julius Caesar

War, Matter, Fortune

"The Civil War". Book by Julius Caesar translated by Jane P. Gardner (Book III, Chapter 68), 47 BC.

In war, important events result from trivial causes.

Julius Caesar

War, Important Events, Causes

In war trivial causes produce momentous events.

Julius Caesar

Military, War, Events