Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

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

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.

No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.

Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price.

If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.

Iraq is sort of a situation where you've got a guy who drove the bus into the ditch. You obviously have to get the bus out of the ditch, and that's not easy to do, although you probably should fire the driver.

Whenever I write a letter to a family who has lost a loved one in Iraq , or read an email from a constituent who has dropped out of college because her student aid has been cut, I'm reminded that the actions of those in power have enormous consequences – a price that they themselves almost never have to pay.

I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, people never questioned the effectiveness of war, never thought there could be real peace. Now, people are tired of war and see it as ineffective in solving anything.

I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust. And I think the premises on which it was launched were false.

Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.

If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.

For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

People in general are scared to death of the war and all the exhibition have been a failure, because the rich - don't want to buy anything.

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

All war is based on deception.

As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

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

One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.