The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

All warfare is based on deception.

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

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

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

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

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

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

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

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

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

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

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

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

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

There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

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.

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