The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

Modern wars are seldom fought without hatred between nations; this serves more or less as a substitute for hatred between individuals.

War is an act of force, and to the application of that force there is no limit. Each of the adversaries forces the hand of the other, and a reciprocal action results which in theory can have no limit.

To discover how much of our resources must be mobilized for war, we must first examine our political aim and that of the enemy. We must gauge the strength and situation of the opposite state. We must gauge the character and abilities of its government and people and do the same in regard to our own. Finally, we must evaluate the political sympathies of other states and the effect the war may have on them.

The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.