The best form of defense is attack.
In the whole range of human activities, war most closely resembles a game of cards.
War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.
The majority of people are timid by nature, and that is why they constantly exaggerate danger. all influences on the military leader, therefore, combine to give him a false impression of his opponent's strength, and from this arises a new source of indecision.
War is the province of danger.
There is nothing more common than to find considerations of supply affecting the strategic lines of a campaign and a war.