There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Never was anything great achieved without danger

The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

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

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.

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

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

War is over ... If you want it.

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

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

Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal

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

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

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

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

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.