It is only the dead who have seen the end of war

The earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed

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.

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

The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

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

In war, as in life, it is often necessary, when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

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

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

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

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

All warfare is based on deception.

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.

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

Theres class warfare, all right, but its my class, the rich class, thats making war, and were winning.

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

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.

There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.