War is an act of violence pushed to its utmost bounds.

The more a leader is in the habit of demanding from his men, the surer he will be that his demands will be answered.

There is nothing more common than to find considerations of supply affecting the strategic lines of a campaign and a war.

Knowing is different from doing and therefore theory must never be used as norms for a standard, but merely as aids to judgment.

The heart of France lies between Brussels and Paris.

The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish ... the kind of war on which they are embarking.

To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it.