Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

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

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

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

War is over ... If you want it.

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

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

Never was anything great achieved without danger

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

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

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

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.

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

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

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

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

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