There was never a bad peace or a good war.
Either war is obsolete, or men are.
War isnt declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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.
It is only the dead who have seen the end of war
When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
All warfare is based on deception.
Evil has no capital of its own. It is a parasite on goodness.
Know yourself and you will win all battles.
Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.
People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency.
How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
Occasionally the tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants.
No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.
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.
Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.
It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.
Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.
A conqueror is always a lover of peace.