Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.

The central defect of evil is not sin but the refusal to acknowledge sin.

Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.

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

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

Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

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

Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

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

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.

Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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

There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.

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

It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.