Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.
War is over ... If you want it.
Evil has no capital of its own. It is a parasite on goodness.
All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
It is only the dead who have seen the end of war
It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
All warfare is based on deception.
To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
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.
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.
When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.
How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.
There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare