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.

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

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

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

It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of warthat can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.

War is over ... If you want it.

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

Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal

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

Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse.

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

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

Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.

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

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

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

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

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

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

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars