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

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

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

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

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

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win

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

Theres class warfare, all right, but its my class, the rich class, thats making war, and were winning.

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

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

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.

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

The central defect of evil is not sin but the refusal to acknowledge sin.

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

It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

All warfare is based on deception.

It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of warthat can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.

There was never a bad peace or a good war.