"The victor will never be asked if he told the truth."

"Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die."

"The first casualty when war comes is truth."

"I have not yet begun to fight!"

"War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today."

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

"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind."

"There was never a good war or a bad peace."

"I will ignore all ideas for new works on engines of war, the invention of which has reached its limits and for whose improvements I see no further hope."

"I have never advocated war except as a means of peace."