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

    Ulysses S. Grant: I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
    "A History of Militarism: Romance and Realities of a Profession". Book by Alfred Vagts, p. 27., 1937.