Either war is obsolete, or men are.

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

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent

Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.

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

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.

Know your enemy and know yourself and you will always be victorious

When there's a person, there's a problem. When there's no person, there's no problem

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

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

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal

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.

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

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.