“War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.”– Karl Von Clausewitz Related Quotes “World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.”– Stephen Ambrose “As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.”– Oscar Wilde “Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues as it possessed, is now being bombed and burned into democracy.”– J. B. Priestley