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

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

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

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

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

People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency.

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

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

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

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

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

War is over ... If you want it.

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

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

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

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

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

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

War isnt declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.