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

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.

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

How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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.

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

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

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

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

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

If we don't end war, war will end us.

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

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.