Válka je jen pokračování diplomacie jinými prostředky. - Carl von Clausewitz

To introduce into the philosophy of war itself a principle of moderation would be an absurdity.

they realise that the gradual dissemination of the principles taught by Clausewitz has created a condition of molecular tension in the minds of the Nations they govern analogous to the “critical temperature of water heated above boiling-point under pressure,” which may at any moment bring about an explosion which they will be powerless to control.

Every suspension of offensive action, either from erroneous views, from fear or from indolence, is in favor of the side acting defensively.