LetterEternal peace is a dream, and not even a beautiful one, and war is a link in God's world order. In him, the noblest virtues of man, courage and renunciation, devotion to duty and willingness to sacrifice, unfold with the institution of life. Without the war, the world would become bogged down in materialism.Helmuth von Moltke the Elder1880★ 4.3
No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main strength.Helmuth von Moltke the Elder1871★ 1.9