When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.

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

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

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

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

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

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

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

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

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

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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

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

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

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

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

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

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.