War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?

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

When there's a person, there's a problem. When there's no person, there's no problem

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

All warfare is based on deception.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

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.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?

Theres class warfare, all right, but its my class, the rich class, thats making war, and were winning.