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

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

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

Theres class warfare, all right, but its my class, the rich class, thats making war, and were winning.

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.

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

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

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

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

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.

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

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.

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

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

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.