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.

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

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

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

It is only the dead who have seen the end of war

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

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

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

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

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

War is over ... If you want it.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.