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

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

Never was anything great achieved without danger

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

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

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

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

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

The evils which sapped the nation's strength had all been wrought in the name of religion.

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.

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

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

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.

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

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

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

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

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.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

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