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

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

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

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

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

Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal

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

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

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

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

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing uptheir numbers.

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

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

The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.

The central defect of evil is not sin but the refusal to acknowledge sin.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

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.

All warfare is based on deception.

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