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

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.

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

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.

Evil has no capital of its own. It is a parasite on goodness.

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

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

You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

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.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

War is over ... If you want it.

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

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

It is only the dead who have seen the end of war

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

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.