Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

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

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 the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.

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.

Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

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.

Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

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

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

We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.

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

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

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

Occasionally the tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants.