Sublime

Any history of war which treats only of its strategic and political course is merely a picture of the surface. The personal currents run deeper and may have a deeper influence on the outcome.

We learn from history that expediency has rarely proved expedient.

In the conquest of mind-space it is the inches, consolidated, that count.

We learn from history that those who are disloyal to their own superiors are most prone to preach loyalty to their subordinates.

To view any question subjectively is self-blinding.

Where the two sides are too evenly matched to offer a reasonable chance of early success to either, the statesman is wise who can learn something from the psychology of strategy. It is an elementary principle of strategy that, if you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the quickest way

Bad means lead to no good end.

Where the two sides are too evenly matched to offer a reasonable chance of early success to either, the statesman is wise who can learn something from the psychology of strategy. It is an elementary principle of strategy that, if you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat—as the quickest way