There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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

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.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

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

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

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

You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.

When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

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

Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse.

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

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

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

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

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

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