“The power of war is the organ of protection”

“The sea is dangerous, they say, but not if you're the sea.”

“War is an episode, a crisis, a fever the purpose of which is to rid the body of fever. So the purpose of a war is to end the war.”

“The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.”

“the militay dont start wars, politicians start wars”

“If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick.”

“The whole book is posing a question. You think you've won a war - what you've done is finish a war. There was a crime committed in that war the like of which perhaps was never committed in human history. You think about it.”