There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.

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

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

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

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

We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.

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

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

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

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

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.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

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

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

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

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

If we don't end war, war will end us.

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

When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.