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

You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.

War isnt declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.

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

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

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

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

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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

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

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

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

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.

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

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

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

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