“Brilliant strategy is the best route to desirable ends with available means.”
“Backing yourself into a corner is a terrible strategy, in that it leaves you nowhere to run. But it’s brilliant in that it brings out the fierce in you, because you are forced to fight. ”
“Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision.”
“The best means to an end are not always those that appear most direct.”
“Any humane and reasonable person must conclude that if the ends, however desireable, are uncertain and the means are horrible and certain, these means must not be employed.”
“Ignorance is one of the best defense available. Distraction is a remedy.”