When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

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

Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

When there's a person, there's a problem. When there's no person, there's no problem

The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing uptheir numbers.

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

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

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

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

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.

From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?

All warfare is based on deception.

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

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

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

Know your enemy and know yourself and you will always be victorious