If You Wish For Peace, Understand War.

It Is Thus More Potent, As Well As More Economical, To Disarm The Enemy Than To Attempt His Destruction By Hard Fighting ... A Strategist Should Think In Terms Of Paralysing, Not Of Killing.

War Is Always A Matter Of Doing Evil In The Hope That Good May Come Of It.

No Man Can Exactly Calculate The Capacity Of Human Genius And Stupidity, Nor The Incapacity Of Will.

In Any Problem Where An Opposing Force Exists And Cannot Be Regulated, One Must Foresee And Provide For Alternative Courses. Adaptability Is The Law Which Governs Survival In War As In Life ... To Be Practical, Any Plan Must Take Account Of The Enemy's Power To Frustrate It; The Best Chance Of Overcoming Such Obstruction Is To Have A Plan That Can Be Easily Varied To Fit The Circumstances Met.

This High Proportion Of History's Decisive Campaigns, The Significance Of Which Is Enhanced By The Comparative Rarity Of The Direct Approach, Enforces The Conclusion That The Indirect Is By Far The Most Hopeful And Economic Form Of Strategy.