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.

Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?

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

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

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

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

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

Either war is obsolete, or men are.

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.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

War is over ... If you want it.

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare

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

People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency.

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

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.