It is my conviction that in time of war, when the cannon speaks with its powerful voice, the less we speak the better.

Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.