Occasionally the tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants.

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

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

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

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

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

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

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

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.

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

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

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.

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.

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

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

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

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

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

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.