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

The earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed

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

Know your enemy and know yourself and you will always be victorious

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

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

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.

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

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

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

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

Theres class warfare, all right, but its my class, the rich class, thats making war, and were winning.

The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.

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.

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

If we don't end war, war will end us.

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