Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
Either war is obsolete, or men are.
No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
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.
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.
There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare
It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of warthat can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.
To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.
Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
War is over ... If you want it.
In war, as in life, it is often necessary, when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
