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The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

I have to admit that the empty prestige and the stupid glory - yes, the horrible rush, the deadly sense of importance that war brings to life - are hard illusions to shake off. Look at me, a war correspondent.

The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace.

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

It's an important fact of life, war.

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

There is nothing fast or easy about diplomacy. I have no illusions about that.

The major deterrent to war is in a man's mind.