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

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

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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

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

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

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

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

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

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

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

The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

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

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.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.