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

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

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

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

I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.

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

If we don't end war, war will end us.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

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

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

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

You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.

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

When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.

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

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

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

The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.