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.

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.

In the case of a state that is seeking not conquest but the maintenance of its security, the aim is fulfilled if the threat is removed - if the enemy is led to abandon his purpose.

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

The urge to gain release from tension by action is a precipitating cause of war.

The effect to be sought is the dislocation of the opponent's mind and dispositions - such an effect is the true gauge of an indirect approach.