"It is not set speeches at the moment of battle that render soldiers brave."
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"When defending itself against another country, a nation never lacks men, but too often, soldiers."
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"Much shedding of blood, many great actions, and triumphs, toil and perseverance are the end of all things human."
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"In war, the general alone can judge of certain arrangements. It depends on him alone to conquer difficulties by his own superior talents and resolution."
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"War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts."
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"In war, moral factors acount for three quarters of the whole; relative material strength accounts for only one quarter."
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"Reprisals are but a sad resource."
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"My generals are a parcel of post inspectors."
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"Unity of command is essential to the economy of time. Warfare in the field was like a siege: by directing all one's force to a single point a breach might be made, and the equilibrium of opposition destroyed."
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"Man, not men, is the most important consideration."
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"A victorious general must know how to employ severity, justness, and mildness by turns, if he would allay sedition or prevent it."
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"Victory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders."
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"Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires."
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"War is like government, a matter of tact."
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"It should not be believed that a march of three or four days in the wrong direction can be corrected by a countermarch. As a rule, this is to make two mistakes instead of one."
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"War,--the trade of barbarians!"
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"War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface."
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"A warrior lives on his wars, whether offensive or defensive. And he suffers a collapse if he finds that his warring capacity is unwanted."
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"When a man vowed to nonviolence as the law governing human beings dares to refer to war, he can only do it so as to strain every nerve to avoid it."
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"As in laws or in war, the longest purse finally wins."
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