If You Want Peace, Understand War.

The Most Consistently Successful Commanders, When Faced By An Enemy In A Position That Was Strong Naturally Or Materially, Have Hardly Ever Tackled It In A Direct Way. And When, Under Pressure Of Circumstances, They Have Risked A Direct Attack, The Result Has Commonly Been To Blot Their Record With A Failure.

The Military Weapon Is But One Of The Means That Serve The Purposes Of War: One Out Of The Assortment Which Grand Strategy Can Employ.

Vitality Springs From Diversity -- Which Makes For Real Progress So Long As There Is Mutual Toleration, Based On The Recognition That Worse May Come From An Attempt To Suppress Differences Than From Acceptance Of Them. For This Reason, The Kind Of Peace That Makes Progress Possible Is Best Assured By The Mutual Checks Created By A Balance Of Forces-alike In The Sphere Of Internal Politics And Of International Relations.

The Search For The Truth For Truth's Sake Is The Mark Of The Historian.

While Hitting One Must Guard ... In Order To Hit With Effect, The Enemy Must Be Taken Off His Guard.