Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?

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

Occasionally the tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants.

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

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.

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

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

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

It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.

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.

Never was anything great achieved without danger

We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

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

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

Yippies, Hippies, Yahoos, Black Panthers, lions and tigers alike - I would swap the whole damn zoo for the kind of young Americans I saw in Vietnam.

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.