In a war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

Battles are the principal milestones in secular history. Modern opinion resents this uninspiring truth, and historians often treat the decisions of the field as incidents in the dramas of politics and diplomacy.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over, I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.

A measure made expedient by a war is no precedent for times of peace.

Generals think war should be waged like the tourneys of the Middle Ages. I have no use for knights; I need revolutionaries.

Wise councils may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later the victory is sure to come