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

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

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

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

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

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

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

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

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

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.

You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.

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

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

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

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

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.

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

Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars

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

There was never a bad peace or a good war.