Wars based on principle are far more destructive… the attacker will not destroy that which he is after.

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

I think Bible principles are principles for life.

I don’t pick up toys. I crush them.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.

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.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

I don’t understand why or how we can bully each other.

Debates, I hate.

You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know – and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.

Radical Islamist extremists surely hope that an attack on Iraq will kill many people and destroy much of the country, providing recruits for terrorist actions.

Always remember that your calmness under fire is your best defense in any argument or discussion.

‚Some Kind Of Monster‘ is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you’re watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man!

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Death wasn’t part of God’s original plan for humanity, and the Bible calls death an enemy – the last enemy to be destroyed.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one’s heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

If you want to be a good strategist, you can never just go off a principle you read in a book. You need to adapt what you do to the situation; no rule of thumb is true all the time.

When we value correct principles, we have truth – a knowledge of things as they are.

Shall I, that have destroyed my Preservers, return home?

I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

Generally, the view that I’ve had on Twitter is if you’re on Twitter, you’re in, like, the meme – you’re in meme war land. If you’re on Twitter, you’re in the arena. And so, essentially, if you attack me, it is therefore OK for me to attack back.

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it… You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

Pre-emptive war might fall within the framework of international law.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.

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

I grew up in an environment where being polite was taken as a weakness. So I just fought everybody.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

Clean fighting solves everything. It ends all bad blood and any ill feelings people have. That’s my thoughts.

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.

No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

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

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we’re really talking about peace.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.

Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I’m referring to one who does not see his world. He has no mental light. He destroys almost unwittingly. He cannot feel any Gods presence in his life. He is the 21st century man.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.

Luckily for me, people don’t scream at me that much in my everyday life.

I used to get into a lot of fights.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

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.

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.

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

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.