A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
Occasionally the tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants.
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.
It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of warthat can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.
If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?
To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
War is over ... If you want it.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent
We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
