Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent
It is only the dead who have seen the end of war
Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal
You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.
In war, as in life, it is often necessary, when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
Occasionally the tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants.
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?
Never was anything great achieved without danger
There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.
Either war is obsolete, or men are.
War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
Know your enemy and know yourself and you will always be victorious
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
When there's a person, there's a problem. When there's no person, there's no problem