"There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited."

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"There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited."

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"They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do."

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"We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods."

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"The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."

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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."

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"Ground on which we can only be saved from destruction by fighting without delay, is desperate ground."

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"To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."

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"Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory."

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"When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce."

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