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

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

All warfare is based on deception.

It is only the dead who have seen the end of war

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

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.

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

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

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

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

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

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

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

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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

Never was anything great achieved without danger