"I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail."
— War

January 1, 1970

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Ulysses S. Grant, as quoted in A History of Militarism: Romance and Realities of a Profession (1937) by Alfred Vagts, p. 27.