Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent

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

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.

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

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

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

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

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

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

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

Evil has no capital of its own. It is a parasite on goodness.

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.

Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.

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