War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
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.
Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.
There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
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.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.
When there's a person, there's a problem. When there's no person, there's no problem
War isnt declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
It is only the dead who have seen the end of war
Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
