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.

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

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.

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

Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.

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

All warfare is based on deception.

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

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

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

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

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

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

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

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

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

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

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

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