Blood Is The Price Of Victory

War Is The Realm Of Uncertainty; Three Quarters Of The Factors On Which Action Is Based Are Wrapped In A Fog Of Greater Or Lesser Uncertainty.

The Very Nature Of Interactions Is Bound To Make It Unpredictable.

Kind-hearted People Might Of Course Think There Was Some Ingenious Way To Disarm Or Defeat An Enemy Without Too Much Bloodshed, And Might Imagine This Is The True Goal Of The Art Of War. Pleasant As It Sounds; It Is A Fallacy That Must Be Exposed: War Is Such A Dangerous Business That The Mistakes Which Come From Kindness Are The Very Worst.

Four Elements Make Up The Climate Of War: Danger, Exertion, Uncertainty And Chance.

War Is Nothing But A Continuation Of Politics With The Admixture Of Other Means.