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

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.

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

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.

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

The central defect of evil is not sin but the refusal to acknowledge sin.

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

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

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

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

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

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

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

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

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

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent

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

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

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

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