There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare
Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.
When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
Evil has no capital of its own. It is a parasite on goodness.
Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars
What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.
A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse.
There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.
It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.
Do not let us speak of darker days; let us speak rather of sterner days. These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.
Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.
We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.