Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing that no man especially a Christian man has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it.

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.

Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition.

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.

Some scenes you juggle two balls some scenes you juggle three balls some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth not going all the way and not starting.

Trust me I'm going to find out where the money has gone and how it has been spent and see if we can't get it down there quicker to let that rebuilding start.