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Blood is the price of victory
War is the province of danger.
War is politics by other means.
The best form of defense is attack.
To secure peace is to prepare for war.
A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
War is merely a continuation of politics.
Politics is the womb in which war develops.
Boldness becomes rarer, the higher the rank.
War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale.
There is only one decisive victory: the last.
Desperate affairs require desperate remedies.
The best strategy is always to be very strong.
War is...a trinity of violence, chance, and reason.
War is the continuation of politics by other means.
The heart of France lies between Brussels and Paris.
War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.
War is an act of violence pushed to its utmost bounds.
No campaign plan survives first contact with the enemy
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
The art of war in its highest point of view is policy.
The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.
Only great and general battles can produce great results
Timidity is the root of prudence in the majority of men.
History is what we read, write and think about the past.
Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
All war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it.
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
In war the will is directed at an animate object that reacts.
Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark of a hero.
There are times when the utmost daring is the height of wisdom.
We must rediscover the habit of thinking the best of each other
Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.
The very nature of interactions is bound to make it unpredictable.
Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind.
War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.
In war more than anywhere else, things do not turn out as we expect.
There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.
A common language is the most obvious binding element in any society.
Self-reliance is the best defence against the pressures of the moment.
Blind aggressiveness would destroy the attack itself, not the defense.
Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult.
Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.
I will never stand again for the leadership of the Conservative Party.
In war everything is simple, but it's the simple things that are difficult.
Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.
We're not saying, 'We're politicians, trust us.' We know you don't trust us.
Whoever does great things with small means has successfully reached the goal.
War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.
Talent and genius operate outside the rules, and theory conflicts with practice.