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

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

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

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

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

Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal

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.

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

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

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

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

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

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

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

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

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

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.

We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.