#War never changes manual#
#War never changes series#

#War never changes manual#

Obertelli turned up the phrase in a 1915 war manual (though I could not in the U.S. The search engine on the site is weak, however. I believe that settlement has had a happy effect on both countries, and that from month to month and year to year the tie of common civilization and common blood is getting stronger between the two countries.īut war never changes does not turn up either in a search of the papers or on writings of Grant at Gutenburg and other projects. I hope that we shall always settle our differences in all future negotiations as amicably as we did in a recent instance. Although a soldier by education and profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war and I have never advocated it except as a means for peace. I believe that this honour is intended, quite as much for the country which I have had the opportunity of serving in different capacities as for myself, and I am glad that this is so, because I want to see the happiest relations existing, not only between the United States and Great Britain, but also between the United States and all other nations. It was entirely unexpected, and it is particularly gratifying to me. … For myself, I have been very much surprised at the reception I have had at all places since the day I landed at Liverpool up to my appearance in the greatest city in the world. The first part of the quotation is a paraphrase of a line from a Grant speech in London, quoted in The Times June 15, 1877, as appears in the digital collection of the Papers of Ulysses S. But it sounds very much like a mishmash of Vegetius ( si vis pacem, para bellum) and George R.R. It has been attributed to Grant, in this form or in part, on an endless number of blogs, video game reviews, and the usual suspects (Quora, Yahoo! Answers). I have never advocated war except as means of peace, so seek peace, but prepare for war. Google, for example, returns at the top an abandoned website with a collection of Grant quotes, including A web search on this phrase turns up a number of sites that ascribe it to Ulysses S. War never changes- had an earlier source in literature or a speech.

#War never changes series#

A question at EL&U.SE asked whether the introduction to the video game series Fallout- War.