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.

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

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.

War isnt declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.

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.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

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

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

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

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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

The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.

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

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

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

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

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.