The evils which sapped the nation's strength had all been wrought in the name of religion.

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

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

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

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

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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

Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse.

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

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

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

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

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

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

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

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

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

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

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

It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.