It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
From Carl von Clausewitz
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
To secure peace is to prepare for war.
The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.
Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.
War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are.
Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.
The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.
Politics is the womb in which war develops.
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