“There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.”
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In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact to shatter and destroy it is not so good.
There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.
Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.