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

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

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

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

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

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

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 conqueror is always a lover of peace.

From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

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

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

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

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

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

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?

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

Theres class warfare, all right, but its my class, the rich class, thats making war, and were winning.

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

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.