The earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

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

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

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

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

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.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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

When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

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

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

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