To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
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.
War is over ... If you want it.
Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.
You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.
There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.
If we don't end war, war will end us.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win
It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of warthat can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.
How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
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.
When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.
Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.
There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent
Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.