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

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

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

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

War is over ... If you want it.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

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

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

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

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

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

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

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

All warfare is based on deception.

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

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

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

Occasionally the tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants.

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