Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

If we don't end war, war will end us.

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

War is over ... If you want it.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

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

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

The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

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

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.

Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?

How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.

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

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.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

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

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

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