Only Great And General Battles Can Produce

The Object Of Defense Is Preservation; And Since It Is Easier To Hold Ground Than To Take It, Defense Is Easier Than Attack. But Defense Has A Passive Purpose: Preservation; And Attack A Positive One: Conquest.... If Defense Is The Stronger Form Of War, Yet Has A Negative Object, It Follows That It Should Be Used Only So Long As Weakness Compels, And Be Abandoned As Soon As We Are Strong Enough To Pursue A Positive Object.

War Is A Conflict Of Great Interests Which Is Settled By Bloodshed, And Only In That Is It Different From Others.

Criticism Exists Only To Recognize The Truth, Not To Act As Judge.

War Should Never Be Thought Of As Something Autonomous, But Always As An Instrument Of Policy.

Savage Peoples Are Ruled By Passion, Civilized Peoples By The Mind.