Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?

Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

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

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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.

The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.

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

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

Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal

You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

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