When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.

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.

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

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.

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

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

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

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

You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.

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

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.

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

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

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

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