To Foster The People's Willing

The Urge To Gain Release From Tension By Action Is A Precipitating Cause Of War.

The Most Dangerous Error Is Failure To Recognize Our Own Tendency To Error.

As Has Happened So Often In History, Victory Had Bred A Complacency And Fostered An Orthodoxy Which Led To Defeat In The Next War.

Direct Experience Is Inherently Too Limited To Form An Adequate Foundation Either For Theory Or For Application. At The Best It Produces An Atmosphere That Is Of Value In Drying And Hardening The Structure Of Thought. The Greater Value Of Indirect Experience Lies In Its Greater Variety And Extent. History Is Universal Experience, The Experience Not Of Another, But Of Many Others Under Manifold Conditions.

In War, The Chief Incalculable Is The Human Will.