Knowledge Must Become Capability.

The Best Form Of Defense Is Attack.

Blind Aggressiveness Would Destroy The Attack Itself, Not The Defense.

Never Forget That No Military Leader Has Ever Become Great Without Audacity.

In 1793 Such A Force As No One Had Any Conception Of Made Its Appearance. War Had Again Suddenly Become An Affair Of The People, And That Of A People Numbering Thirty Millions, Every One Of Whom Regarded Himself As A Citizen Of The State... By This Participation Of The People In The War... A Whole Nation With Its Natural Weight Came Into The Scale.

Friction Is The Only Concept That More Or Less Corresponds To The Factors That Distinguish Real War From War On Paper.