Evil has no capital of its own. It is a parasite on goodness.

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

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

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

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

Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?

Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.

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

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency.

Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

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

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

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.

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.

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

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.