War Is Nothing But A Continuation Of

Friction Is The Only Concept That More Or Less Corresponds To The Factors That Distinguish Real War From War On Paper.

The More A Leader Is In The Habit Of Demanding From His Men, The Surer He Will Be That His Demands Will Be Answered.

Where Execution Is Dominant, As It Is In The Individual Events Of A War Whether Great Or Small, Then Intellectual Factors Are Reduced To A Minimum.

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

Rather Than Comparing [war] To Art We Could More Accurately Compare It To Commerce, Which Is Also A Conflict Of Human Interests And Activities; And It Is Still Closer To Politics, Which In Turn May Be Considered As A Kind Of Commerce On A Larger Scale.