Blood Is The Price Of Victory

As Each Man's Strength Gives Out, As It No Longer Responds To His Will, The Inertia Of The Whole Gradually Comes To Rest On The Commander's Will Alone. The Ardor Of His Spirit Must Rekindle The Flame Of Purpose In All Others; His Inward Fire Must Revive Their Hope.

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.

Talent And Genius Operate Outside The Rules, And Theory Conflicts With Practice.

Principles And Rules Are Intended To Provide A Thinking Man With A Frame Of Reference.

No Campaign Plan Survives First Contact With The Enemy