Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
Yippies, Hippies, Yahoos, Black Panthers, lions and tigers alike - I would swap the whole damn zoo for the kind of young Americans I saw in Vietnam.
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
The evils which sapped the nation's strength had all been wrought in the name of religion.
Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse.
War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
A war between Europeans is a civil war.
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.
The central defect of evil is not sin but the refusal to acknowledge sin.
There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
