We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
Progress is seldom simple; it comes with costs and casualties, even challenges about whether a change represents an advance or a retreat.
Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.
Even without wars, life is dangerous.
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
I think that our weakness is understanding that when we go to war, we go to war to win.
Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater.
Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.
Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it.
We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.