There was never a bad peace or a good war.

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

All warfare is based on deception.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

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

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

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.

Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars

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

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

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

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

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

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

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

In war, as in life, it is often necessary, when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

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

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

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

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

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