Knowledge must become capability.

War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy.

There is only one decisive victory: the last.

In war more than anywhere else, things do not turn out as we expect.

In war, where imperfect intelligence, the threat of a catastrophe, and the number of accidents are incomparably greater than any other human endeavor, the amount of missed opportunities, so to speak, is therefore bound to be greater.

It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in the intellect are sown less by critical studies and learned monographs than by insights, broad impressions, and flashes of intuition.

Desperate affairs require desperate remedies.