There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.
A war between Europeans is a civil war.
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.
The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.
Never was anything great achieved without danger
Occasionally the tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants.
It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.
A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
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.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
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.
Know yourself and you will win all battles.
The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.