Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter.

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.

To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life...

Politicians' Logic: Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.

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