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.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
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.
It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of warthat can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.
It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.
Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent
Evil has no capital of its own. It is a parasite on goodness.
To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.
Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.
You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.
When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare
Know yourself and you will win all battles.
The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
Either war is obsolete, or men are.