To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?

All warfare is based on deception.

When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.

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

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

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.

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

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

It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of warthat can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.

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

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

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

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.

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

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.

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

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

Never was anything great achieved without danger