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

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

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.

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

Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal

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

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

It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of warthat can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.

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

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

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

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.

The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing uptheir numbers.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

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

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

In war, as in life, it is often necessary, when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

All warfare is based on deception.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

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