I wish no explanation made to our enemies. What they want is a squabble and a fuss; and that they can have if we explain; and they cannot have if we don’t.

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

I rebel; therefore I exist.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?