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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

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

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

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

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

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

Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.

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

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

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