the compulsory submission of the enemy to our will is the ultimate object. In order to attain this object fully, the enemy must be disarmed, and disa… - Carl von Clausewitz

The invention of gunpowder and the constant improvement of firearms are enough in themselves to show that the advance of civilization has done nothing practical to alter or deflect the impulse to destroy the enemy, which is central to the very idea of war.

Out of the whole multitude of prudent men in the world, the great majority are so from timidity.

The presence of a commander should be constantly felt and evoke a feeling of courage within his men.