The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

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.

Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

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

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

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.

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

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

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

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

How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.

You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.

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

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.

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

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

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.

Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.