Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
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Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
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Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.
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To secure peace is to prepare for war.
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War is the province of danger.
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The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.
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