It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.