To Secure Peace Is To Prepare For

War Is Politics By Other Means.

I Shall Proceed From The Simple To The Complex. But In War More Than In Any Other Subject We Must Begin By Looking At The Nature Of The Whole; For Here More Than Elsewhere The Part And The Whole Must Always Be Thought Of Together.

The Heart Of France Lies Between Brussels And Paris.

If The Enemy Is To Be Coerced, You Must Put Him In A Situation That Is Even More Unpleasant Than The Sacrifice You Call On Him To Make. The Hardships Of The Situation Must Not Be Merely Transient - At Least Not In Appearance. Otherwise, The Enemy Would Not Give In, But Would Wait For Things To Improve.

The Difficulty Of Accurate Recognition Constitutes One Of The Most Serious Sources Of Friction In War, By Making Things Appear Entirely Different From What One Had Expected.