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

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

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

Never was anything great achieved without danger

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.

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

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

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of warthat can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.

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

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

Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

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.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

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

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

Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.

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

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

There was never a bad peace or a good war.