"I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition." ― Chief Joseph Topic(s): War More From Chief Joseph "I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed." "We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end." "All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers." More In War "The war… was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides."― Robert E. Lee "I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat."― Mel Brooks "Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there must be few people who have not felt a twinge of nostalgia for the cold war."― James Buchan