It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
Do not let us speak of darker days; let us speak rather of sterner days. These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.
Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.
The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?
To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.
The evils which sapped the nation's strength had all been wrought in the name of religion.
A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
Know your enemy and know yourself and you will always be victorious
Know yourself and you will win all battles.
You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.
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.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.