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

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

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

The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

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

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

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

War is over ... If you want it.

You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.

The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.

How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.