Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

I hate those men who would send into war youth to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men, making their wars that boys must die.

One can...never create [freedom] by an invading force.

Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.

Politics and crime are the same thing.

This line is spoken by Al Pacino's character in the Francis Ford Coppola film "The Godfather: Part III," script by Coppola and Mario Puzo.

Good intentions will always be pleaded for any assumption of power.

Follow not the person carrying flag nor sword, for they will invariably lead you to a cliff and a mighty fall.

The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments.

To kill a man is not to defend a doctrine, but to kill a man.

One day the end of the world will come as a result of a 'justified' war.

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

...The very nature of interstate war puts innocent civilians into great jeopardy, especially with modern technology.

All government wars are unjust.

The State thrives on war – unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed – expands on it, glories in it.

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society.

There are only two powers in the world: the sword and the mind. In the long run, the sword is always defeated by the mind.

Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a French Emperor. (quote from 'The Anti-War Quote Book,' edited Eric Groves, Sr., pub. Quirk Books, 2008)

In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.

War is the business of barbarians.

War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.

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

Let us become inspired by inherent beauty, and not impassioned by manufactured hate.

Let us form a new religion, that which would be called 'humanity', with 'peace' as its prophet.

It's very common for the victims to understand a system better than the people who are holding the stick.

There are many terrorist states in the world, but the United States is unusual in that it is officially committed to international terrorism.

from his book "Necessary Illusions" (p. 270)