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The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

There is no God-given right to victory on the battlefield. You win that through the skill and the devotion, the valor and the ferocity of your troops.

Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.

When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or because he cares no more for the game, the virtue passes out of him.

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

Before the war is ended, the war party assumes the divine right to denounce and silence all opposition to war as unpatriotic and cowardly.

In war there is no substitute for victory.