“The predominance of moral factors in all military decisions. On them constantly turns the issue of war and battle. In the history of war they form the more constant factors, changing only in degree, whereas the physical factors are different in almost every war and every military situation.” DifferentWarFormTurnsDecisionSituationMoralIssuesMilitaryBattleDegreesConstantFactorsWars And Battles Book:Why Don't We Learn from History? Source: Why Don't We Learn from History?
“Air control can be established by superiority in numbers, by better employment, by better equipment, or by a combination of these factors.” NumbersAirMilitaryFactorsEmploymentCombinationAviationSuperiorityEquipmentAir PowerAirpowerMilitary Aviation Author:Carl Andrew Spaatz
“One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole energies towards the fulfillment of a particular task.” ImportantMatterWholeEnergyAbilityMilitaryParticularTasksDirectFactorsFulfillment Author:Erwin Rommel
“Stillertook part in the Spanish Civil WarIt is not clear what impelled him to this military gesture. Probably many factors were combined--a rather romantic Communism, such as was common among bourgeois intellectuals at that time.” CommonClearMilitaryFactorsCommunismCivil WarGesturesBourgeoisRomanticism Author:Max Frisch
“Although military, economic and political strength certainly favors the more powerful side, the matter of simple justice is a counterbalancing factor.” MatterPoliticalSidesJusticeSimplePowerfulEconomicMilitaryEconomicsFavorsFactors Author:Jimmy Carter
“A country will have authority and influence because of moral factors, not its military strength; because it can be humble and not blatant and arrogant; because our people want to serve others and not dominate others. And a nation without morality will soon lose its influence around the world.” PeopleWorldWantCountryNationsLosesMoralInfluenceMilitaryMoralityAuthorityHumbleFactorsAround The WorldArrogantBe Humble Book:Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis Source: Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis
“In short, absolute, so-called mathematical, factors never find a firm basis in military calculations. From the very start, there is an interplay of possibilities, probabilities, good luck and bad, that weaves its way throughout the length and breadth of the tapestry. In the whole range of human activities, war most closely resembles a game of cards.” WayHumansWarWholeGamesMilitaryPossibilityActivityBasesAbsolutesLuckFactorsCardsMathematicalRangeFirmLengthProbabilityGood LuckCalculationsHuman ActivityBreadthTapestry Author:Carl von Clausewitz
“I would hazard the statement that in the broad sense [Ho Chi Minh's] ideas had triumphed, since the communist victory in Vietnam was a consequence of political, diplomatic, and psychological factors more than military ones. That is a tribute to the ideas that he introduced in his life and thought.” IdeasPoliticalMilitaryVictoryConsequenceStatementsPsychologicalFactorsBroadsCommunistVietnamTributeHazardsDiplomatic Author:William J. Duiker