The best form of welfare for the troops is first-rate training.
In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.
War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier's strength and nerves. For this reason, make heavy demands on your men in peacetime exercises.
One must not judge everyone in the world by his qualities as a soldier: otherwise we should have no civilization.
Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.
Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.