
“In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power.”
Source: The Art of War, Chapter IX · Movement and Development of Troops
2007 edition, p. 30.
Empire and Communications (1950)
“In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power.”
Source: The Art of War, Chapter IX · Movement and Development of Troops
Source: 1910s, An Introduction to Mathematics (1911), ch. 5.
Points of Rebellion (1969)
Other speeches and writings
2000s, 2003, Remarks on U.S.-British relations and foreign policy (November 2003)
Augustus (1937)
Context: There is no merit in an empire as such. Extension in space does not necessarily mean spiritual advancement. The small community is easier to govern, and, it may well be, more pleasant to live in. If its opportunities are limited its perils are also circumscribed. But the alternatives which confronted him were empire or anarchy.
Essentials to Peace (1953)
Context: These opening remarks may lead you to assume that my suggestions for the advancement of world peace will rest largely on military strength. For the moment the maintenance of peace in the present hazardous world situation does depend in very large measure on military power, together with Allied cohesion. But the maintenance of large armies for an indefinite period is not a practical or a promising basis for policy. We must stand together strongly for these present years, that is, in this present situation; but we must, I repeat, we must find another solution, and that is what I wish to discuss this evening.
As quoted in The Golden Ratio (2002) by Mario Livio
Source: Meeting the challenge (2009), p. xxiii.
Rapport historique sur les progrès des sciences naturelles http://books.google.com/books?id=ajsyAQAAMAAJ (1810) as quoted in Clifford D. Conner, A People's History of Science (2005)