A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.