Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars

We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.

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.

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

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

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.

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

The earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed

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.

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

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

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

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.

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.

Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal

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

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.