Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.
Know yourself and you will win all battles.
When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.
The evils which sapped the nation's strength had all been wrought in the name of religion.
Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.
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.
A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.
Theres class warfare, all right, but its my class, the rich class, thats making war, and were winning.
The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing uptheir numbers.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.
If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
A war between Europeans is a civil war.
There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.