Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal

Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

When there's a person, there's a problem. When there's no person, there's no problem

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

It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.

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

The evils which sapped the nation's strength had all been wrought in the name of religion.

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

Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of warthat can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.

When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.

The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.