To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent
War is over ... If you want it.
When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
Yippies, Hippies, Yahoos, Black Panthers, lions and tigers alike - I would swap the whole damn zoo for the kind of young Americans I saw in Vietnam.
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
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.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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.
We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.
Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?
The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
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.
Know yourself and you will win all battles.
There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare
I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?
