To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'

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

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war. Only great and general battles can produce great results. Blood is the price of victory.

The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war.

A general who allows himself to be decisively defeated in an extended mountain position deserves to be court-martialled.

Four elements make up the climate of war: danger, exertion, uncertainty and chance.

The Conqueror is always a lover of peace: he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.