Never was anything great achieved without danger
When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
A war between Europeans is a civil war.
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?
Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency.
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.
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.
There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare
No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
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.