Direct pressure always tends to harden and consolidate the resistance of an opponent.

War is always a matter of doing evil in the hope that good may come of it.

To foster the people's willing spirit is often as important as to possess the more concrete forms of power.

The hydrogen bomb is not the answer to the Western peoples' dream of full and final insurance of their security ... While it has increased their striking power it has sharpened their anxiety and deepened their sense of insecurity.

Inflict the least possible permanent injury, for the enemy of to-day is the customer of the morrow and the ally of the future

If you want peace, understand war.

The theory of the indirect approach operates on the line of least expectation.