I have a scheme for stopping war. It’s this – no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.

You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win.

History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.

A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won’t get much sleep.

We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won’t be a world – at least, a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles, with some scattering of others.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

You beat him verbally. You beat him mentally, and then finally, you beat him physically. That’s the three ways to beat a man.

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

For a sitting U.S. president to see our allies as freeloaders is nuts.

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.

The word ‚Islam‘ means ‚peace.‘ The word ‚Muslim‘ means ‚one who surrenders to God.‘ But the press makes us seem like haters.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature’s gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.

Occasionally the conflict between ‚what we stand for‘ and ‚what we do‘ has been forthrightly addressed.

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

There is obviously a gap between the public’s perception of the role of U.S. foreign policy and the elite’s perception.

In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.

And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it is part of digging us out of the ‚my way or the highway‘ approach that was evident in the previous eight years.

We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.

As I’ve said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis‘ future.

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

If you look back at the history of the twentieth century, Germany alone had practically destroyed Russia several times.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Defending peace is the duty of all.

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the names of Los Alamos and of Hiroshima.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

‚Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age‘ was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant’s thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed out of the Stone Age.

I don’t feel bitterness, I don’t feel anger towards anybody. Fighting is never emotional to me.

Notifying the enemy in advance of our withdrawal dates or reassuring the enemy that we will not use certain capabilities like our ground forces should be avoided.

I learned a great many years ago that in a fight between husband and wife, a third party should never get between the woman’s skillet and the man’s ax-helve.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that’s where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

I don’t oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.

The female loves to play man against man. And if she is in a position to do it, there is not one who will resist.

The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.

You have to make sure you know why you are going to war and then use decisive force to end it as soon as possible.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods.

I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

It is hardly an exaggeration to say that oral teachers and sign teachers found it difficult to sit down in the same room without quarreling, and there was intolerance upon both sides. To say ‚oral method‘ to a sign teacher was like waving a red flag in the face of a bull, and to say ‚sign language‘ to an oralist aroused the deepest resentment.

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.

The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.

Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself.

I am confident my Hindutva face will be an asset when dealing with foreign affairs with other nations.

Leadership is absolutely vital if there are comparable countries which can affect the security of the world you live in. Between Lincoln and Roosevelt’s time, America was protected by huge oceans and, in practice, by the British navy. Today, it’s different, and the obsession of the Obama administration has been for retrenchment.