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

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.

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

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

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

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

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

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

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

The earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed