Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?
If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
A war between Europeans is a civil war.
It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
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.
You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.
Know yourself and you will win all battles.
No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal
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.
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.
