It is the business of a general to be serene and inscrutable, impartial and self-controlled.
Sun TzuWhen the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is insubordination. When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is collapse.
Sun TzuThose who would wage war, should first eliminate all domestic enemies before proceeding to attack the external foe.
Sun Tzu