“The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with ...” — Washington Irving Quote

“The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem.”

“There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.”

“They who drink beer will think beer.”

“What I don't like about Washington, if we say one syllable or one sentence, or this guy said something bad about me, then, all of a sudden, they have to be my mortal enemy. I don't think that's how it works in American business.”

“Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.”

“Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy if possible.”