In War, While Everything Is Simple, Even

War Is Regarded As Nothing But The Continuation Of State Policy With Other Means.

Architects And Painters Know Precisely What They Are About As Long As They Deal With Material Phenomena.... But When They Come To The Aesthetics Of Their Work, When They Aim At A Particular Effect On The Mind Or On The Senses, The Rules Dissolve Into Nothing But Vague Ideas.

The First, The Supreme, The Most Far-reaching Act Of Judgment That The Statesman And Commander Have To Make Is To Establish ... The Kind Of War On Which They Are Embarking.

Although Our Intellect Always Longs For Clarity And Certainty, Our Nature Often Finds Uncertainty Fascinating.

However Much Pains May Be Taken To Combine The Soldier And The Citizen In One And The Same Individual, Whatever May Be Done To Nationalize Wars, Never Will It Be Possible To Do Away With The Professionalism Of The Business; And If That Cannot Be Done, Then Those Who Belong To It Will Always Look Upon Themselves As A Kind Of Guild, In The Regulations, Laws, And Customs In Which The "spirit Of War" Finds Its Expression. It Would Be Very Wrong To Look Down Upon This Corporate Spirit, Or Esprit De Corps, Which May And Should Exist More Or Less In Every Army.