The central defect of evil is not sin but the refusal to acknowledge sin.

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

Never was anything great achieved without danger

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

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

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

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

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

There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

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

Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.

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

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

Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.