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

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

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

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

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

Never was anything great achieved without danger

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

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

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

It is only the dead who have seen the end of war

Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.