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

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

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

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

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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.

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

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

War isnt declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

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

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

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

Do not let us speak of darker days; let us speak rather of sterner days. These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.

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

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

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

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.

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

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