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

Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

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 may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones.

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

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

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

Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars

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

When there's a person, there's a problem. When there's no person, there's no problem

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

From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.

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

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

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

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

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.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.