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

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

We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.

When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.

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

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

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.

There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.

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

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.