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

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

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win

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

It is only the dead who have seen the end of war

All warfare is based on deception.

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.

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

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

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

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.

There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.

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

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

From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

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

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