Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
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.
War isnt declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.
The evils which sapped the nation's strength had all been wrought in the name of religion.
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
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.
If we don't end war, war will end us.
There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare
From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.
