Know your enemy and know yourself and you will always be victorious

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

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

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.

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

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.

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.

When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

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

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but theopportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

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

Yippies, Hippies, Yahoos, Black Panthers, lions and tigers alike - I would swap the whole damn zoo for the kind of young Americans I saw in Vietnam.

It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of warthat can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.

War is over ... If you want it.

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

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

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