War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

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

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

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

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

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.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

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.

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

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

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

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

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.

Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

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

It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.

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