Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?

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

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse.

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

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

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

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

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

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

It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.

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

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

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.

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

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

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

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

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

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