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Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.
Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
Only the winners decide what were war crimes.
Only the winners decide what were war crimes.
To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer read more
To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to read more
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.
The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.
The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.