Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Never was anything great achieved without danger

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.

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.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

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 forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

War is over ... If you want it.

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

Evil has no capital of its own. It is a parasite on goodness.

Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.