Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.

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

The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing uptheir numbers.

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

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

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

It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of warthat can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.

People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency.

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

Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

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?

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

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

Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

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

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

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

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