In Tactics, Action Is The Governing Rule

The Military Mind Always Imagines That The Next War Will Be On The Same Lines As The Last. That Has Never Been The Case And Never Will Be. One Of The Great Factors On The Next War Will Be Aircraft Obviously. The Potentialities Of Aircraft Attack On A Large Scale Are Almost Incalculable.

The Truth Is, No Study Is Possible On The Battle-field; One Does There Simply What One Can In Order To Apply What One Knows . Therefore, In Order To Do Even A Little, One Has Already To Know A Great Deal And To Know It Well.

It Take 15,000 Casualties To Train A Major General.

A Beaten General Is Disgraced Forever.

A War Not Only Arises, But Derives Its Nature , From The Political Ideas, The Moral Sentiments, And The International Relations Obtaining At The Moment When It Breaks Out. This Amounts To Saying:;: Try And Know Why And With The Help Of What You Are Going To Act; Then You Will Find Out How To Act.