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

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

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

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

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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

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.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

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.

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

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

All warfare is based on deception.

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

War is over ... If you want it.

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

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

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

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

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

Either war is obsolete, or men are.