There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.

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

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

Theres class warfare, all right, but its my class, the rich class, thats making war, and were winning.

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

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

People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

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

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

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

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

Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

Do not let us speak of darker days; let us speak rather of sterner days. These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

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.