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

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.

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

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

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

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

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.

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

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

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

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

Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars

Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

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

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