War isnt declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.

It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of warthat can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.

When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.

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

Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.

Occasionally the tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants.

The central defect of evil is not sin but the refusal to acknowledge sin.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Never was anything great achieved without danger

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

It is only the dead who have seen the end of war

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.

Yippies, Hippies, Yahoos, Black Panthers, lions and tigers alike - I would swap the whole damn zoo for the kind of young Americans I saw in Vietnam.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent