War Is...a Trinity Of Violence, Chance, And

Given The Same Amount Of Intelligence, Timidity Will Do A Thousand Times More Damage Than Audacity

The Object Of Defense Is Preservation; And Since It Is Easier To Hold Ground Than To Take It, Defense Is Easier Than Attack. But Defense Has A Passive Purpose: Preservation; And Attack A Positive One: Conquest.... If Defense Is The Stronger Form Of War, Yet Has A Negative Object, It Follows That It Should Be Used Only So Long As Weakness Compels, And Be Abandoned As Soon As We Are Strong Enough To Pursue A Positive Object.

Close Combat, Man To Man, Is Plainly To Be Regarded As The Real Basis Of Combat.

Only The Element Of Chance Is Needed To Make War A Gamble, And That Element Is Never Absent.

War Is...a Trinity Of Violence, Chance, And Reason.