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

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

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

Evil has no capital of its own. It is a parasite on goodness.

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

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

Never was anything great achieved without danger

I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

All warfare is based on deception.

How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.

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

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

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

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

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

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

Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.