Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Either war is obsolete, or men are.
How do you defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized.
There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.
A war between Europeans is a civil war.
You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.
We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.
To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.
The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
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.
Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.