What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

The evils which sapped the nation's strength had all been wrought in the name of religion.

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

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

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

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

Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

Never was anything great achieved without danger

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

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

When there's a person, there's a problem. When there's no person, there's no problem

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

Evil has no capital of its own. It is a parasite on goodness.

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?

War isnt declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.

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

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

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

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

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